“ThisbookwillprovevaluabletoallthoseinterestedinthehistoryofLondonandinthehistoryofEnglishpoetry.Soclimbaboardthisopen-topped,double-deckerpoeticbus,andpreparetoenjoythehistoryofLondoninverse!”
──ProfessorMarkFord,theHeadofUCLEnglishDepartment

ThisbookisforreaderswhoareinterestedinEnglishliteratureandhistoryofLondon.TheauthorAllisonLinnotonlyexploressomeofthegreatestpoemswrittenaboutLondon,fromJohnKeatstoWendyCope,fromTennysontoT.S.Eliot,butalsointerweavestheirworksintofivethemes:Love,History,Metropolis,CulturalExchange,andUrbanity.ThiscollectionofpoemsbringsEnglishliteratureandhistoryofLondontogether,andmakingitanenrichedreadingexperiencethatisfullofwittyandentertaining.