Streets: What Bred Street Cred (London Baby)

Description

Up for walking that extra mile on your travels with just a perfect book in hand? A book about Streets of London written in verse is that book you are holding!

A Londoner tells gripping stories about famous London streets in original elegantly illustrated poems. The book is unique and unprecedented—uncovering the secret history, facts, insights and observations, eloquently and neatly composed, and beautifully presented. It opens the eyes of locals, visitors, guides on some of the most distinguished capital’s thoroughfares It references some of the best and worst names of London streets. It acts as a guide to curious, romantic and poetically inclined wanderers of the streets of London:

• Baker Street
• Bond Street
• Carnaby Street
• Denmark Street
• Downing Street
• Harley Street
• Haymarket
• Jermyn Street
• Marylebone High Street
• Mount Street
• Oxford Street
• Pall Mall
• Park Lane
• Picadilly
• Saville Row
• Shaftesbury Avenue
• Strand
• The Mall
• Tottenham Court Road
• Whitehall
• Bishopsgate
• Brick Lane
• Cheapside
• Fleet Street
• Threadneedle Street
• Cheyne Walk
• Kensington High Street
• King’s Road
• Portobello
• Sloane Street
• Camden High Street
• Abbey Road

It fits nicely in the hand and makes a wonderful pocket size companion and gift to anyone interested in the Big Smoke—visitors, tourists, guides, city fans, culture and geography explorers, city trippers and family adventurers across all age groups. It is a must have for anyone wanting to impress their family and loved ones on what otherwise would have been a routine walk.

The book feels sincere and personal. It celebrates London’s rich history and architecture, arts and culture. The tasteful imagery and rich vocabulary instills a sense of wonder and excitement, and adds a fresh perspective on UK capital’s iconic streets.

Written to be enjoyed in myriad ways—read aloud or in quiet solitude, poem at a time or all in one go it gives the reader a vast foundation to study, build upon and explore the metropolis further. It will be read many times over, each time as if it was the first.

The pilgrimage to London through its pages is an enchanting and memorable journey in itself.