A new, abridged edition of Ackroyd\'s magisterial biography of the city of London, published to coincide with the Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee.
The full length edition has sold more than 300,000 copies..
Moves back and forth through time, looking at a range of topics such as plague and pestilence, fire and floods, and crime and punishment.
A new, abridged edition of Ackroyd\'s magisterial biography of the city of London, published to coincide with the Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee