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Johnson's life of London : the people who made the city that made the world / Boris Johnson.

by Johnson, Boris.

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New York : Riverhead Books, 2012.

London (England) -- Biography.

London (England) -- History.

320 p. ; 24 cm.

London Bridge -- Boudica -- Hadrian -- Mellitus -- Alfred the Great -- William the Conqueror -- Geoffrey Chaucer -- Richard Whittington -- The flush toilet -- William Shakespeare -- Robert Hooke -- The King James Bible -- Samuel Johnson -- The Bow Street runners -- John Wilkes -- The suit -- J.M.W. Turner -- The bicycle -- Lionel Rothschild -- Ping-pong -- Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole -- Joseph Bazalgette and the sewers -- W.T. Stead -- The Tube -- Winston Churchill -- The routemaster bus -- Keith Richards -- The Midland Grand Hotel.

The popular mayor of London and author of The Dream of Rome celebrates modern London as one of the world's most exciting and influential cities, exploring the lives of the famous individuals whose beliefs, cultures and innovations have shaped its evolution.

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