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Derek Brechin.
The Conqueror’s London: How to find the London of Alfred the Great and William the Conqueror in the city of today.
Published London: Macdonald & Co., 1968.
Series: Discovering London, 2.
SBN 356024792.
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printer: Purnell & Sons, Paulton.
Size: 110x175x7mm.
Page count: 125pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: this copy looks a bit battered overall, some wear on the covers, some mild creasing to the spine; pages yellowed with age; text appears to be free of marking.

This item £2.00
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Weight without packaging: 120g.

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Originally published to accompany a London Weekend Television series, Discovering London. Please note: the book was published in 1968 so some of its information will be out of date.

Contents: Coming of the English; Decay of the towns; Spread of Christianity; Danish invasion; King Alfred; Golden age of Saxon England; Saxon London; Life in Anglo-Saxon England; Arts in Anglo-Saxon England; Anglo-Saxon architecture; Anglo-Saxon & Viking remains in museums; Norman England; Norman London; Life in Norman London; Norman remains in museums; Norman architecture; Norman buildings in London; Buildings in London with Norman remains or associations; A walk around Smithfield; Norman buildings outside London; How to get there.
Appendix: Museum list.

Notes: no
Tables: no
Illustrations: several drawings in the text by David Newton, plus 8 pages of plates, all monochrome
Maps & plans: 1
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: architectural terms
Bibliography: 1 page
Index: no

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