london (england)

Young Rebecca Bloomwood, a financial magazine writer who has dug herself into a huge debt hole with her perpetual shopping, tries to turn her life around when she meets the desirable Luke Brandon.

"Engaging images accompany information about the Tower of London"--Publisher.

Describes London theaters in the 1500s and 1600s, built by Queen Elizabeth I and King James I, including how they were constructed and what kind of plays were performed.

Police Superintendent Thomas Pitt looks into the suspicious death of his childhood mentor, and at the same time investigates treachery in the Colonial office, where someone is passing vital information to Germany about England's African strategy.

Eliza Esmond, a bookish young woman who has grown up in the shadow of her prettier sister, is thrilled when she meets a man she believes to be the notorious poet Lord Byron on the doorstep of his publisher, and even more excited when he arranges an assignation, but the situation becomes tragic when it is discovered her lover is an imposter.

Teenager Sam Smith tries to figure out his own sexuality when he finds himself equally attracted to Toby and Lucy.

Tells the story of the well-known playwright, William Shakespeare, and of the famous Globe Theatre in which many of his works were performed.

Presents a historical, partly fictional, account of the Great Fire of London in 1666, describing the origins, fire fighting methods, effects on people, and rebuilding efforts. Contrasts London then and the city now in the areas of population, housing and world trade.

Relates the story of the rebuilding of the Globe playhouse where Shakespeare's plays where first performed in London.

Examines the link between London's transformation into a modern, organized city in the 1860s and the emergence of new types of production and consumption of visual culture.