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Laddar... Shakespeare's London on 5 Groats a Dayav Richard Tames
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. I’m glad I read this before [b:The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England|10372167|The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England|Ian Mortimer|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1310154077s/10372167.jpg|15275497]. It’s basically an overview of the sights and personages of London in 1599. I’d say it does what it says on the tin, but I didn’t actually tally the average daily outlay to see if the 5 groat limit was respected. Fairly interesting, but some of the phrasing was awkward. For example: “By the time Anne was old enough to be married Hewett, who had become very rich, refused all others but Osborn, giving him both his daughter and a huge dowry.” Osborn had rescued Anne as an infant when she fell out of the window of Hewett's house on London Bridge, you see, but something radical should have been done to that sentence. [1 groat = 4 pence] inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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This entertaining and fact-packed guide provides all the information you'll need to travel back in time to Elizabethan London - a booming city of courtiers, cutthroats, merchants, beggars, lawyers, dramatists, apprentices and adventurers. Find out the best way to the capital and where to stay. Saunter over London Bridge, with its hundreds of shops and houses. Glimpse Her Majesty at Whitehall, Europe's largest palace. Watch the finest plays and players at the Rose Theatre, and marvel at the bustle of business in the Royal Exchange. Go down to Greenwich to stand on the deck of the Golden Hind, the ship that Sir Francis Drake sailed around the world. This intriguingly addictive guide provides all you need to know to sightsee, shop and meet the famous in the capital of a nation stirring to greatness. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Google Books — Laddar... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)942.1055History and Geography Europe England and Wales London Historical periods; Modified standard subdvisions of London 1485-1603, Period of House of Tudor 1558-1603, Reign of Elizabeth IKlassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg:
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Richard Tames' book is full of interesting titbits and the guidebook gimmick mostly works. We look, on arrival in the reconstructed city, through the eyes of a foreign traveller (which I suppose we are). We become convinced of the daily life of Tudor England, its grime and routine and its "clatter and chatter in the courtyards" (pg. 34). The flavour of the place emerges, though unfortunately this does not extend to the writing, which is rather dry and hampered by the guidebook structure. Enjoyment of the book is limited by the fact there is no narrative to follow, no opportunity to cut loose one's imagination from our tour guide's path. Nevertheless, under Tames' direction Shakespeare's London shows itself to be a very interesting place to visit for a time. ( )