Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
Description |
xviii, 430 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Note |
"First published in the United Kingdom by Faber and Faber Limited"--T.p. verso. |
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Maps on lining papers. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [380]-388) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: Like the curtain of a theatre . . . -- Maps: City of London and County of London -- PRELUDE -- 1 Very Well, Alone -- 2 Obdurate and cocky -- 3 Practically no talk of horrors at all -- 4 Old man of the tribe -- 5 A leaning towards acrobatics -- 6 Two opposing worlds -- 7 Things had been wonderful -- 8 You would not mind London at all now -- 9 The Typhoid Mary -- FUGUE -- 10 Boots on the lawn, boots on the wide stone stair -- 11 Goodnight Children, Everywhere! -- 12 Early English louts -- 13 Great sound waves washing over the city -- 14 It is going to be a warm night -- 15 As light as day -- 16 Burnt off like weed patches from the air -- 17 Blackwall Tunnel only, mate -- 18 St Paul's must be saved at all costs -- 19 A ghostly pilgrimage -- 20 Like a sprig of holly on top of a Christmas pudding -- 21 Many fires about tonight, old boy -- 22 The most beautiful thing I have ever seen -- CHORALE -- 23 Poor old London -- 24 Let's not look back too much-- CODA -- Envoi: This is what we¿ve been fighting for -- APPENDIX A: The Arsenal of Democracy -- APPENDIX B: What Remains Behind -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Select Bibliography -- Notes -- Index. |
Subject |
London (England) -- History -- Bombardment, 1940-1945.
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London (England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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ISBN |
0151014043 |
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9780151014040 |
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