Forgotten London : Exploring the Hidden Life of the CityAuthor: Ackroyd, Peter London, Greater London Published on 9 October 2025 by Quarto Publishing PLC (Frances Lincoln) in the United Kingdom. Hardback 256 pages, 200 images 198 x 255 x 31 1082g No city shaped the modern world quite like London a powerhouse of trade, finance and empire, the centre of global influence in the nineteenth century. But beyond the familiar stories of power and politics, its true life played out in the streets, where market

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