Mudlark (eBook)

In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames

Lara Maiklem (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
336 Seiten
Liveright (Verlag)
978-1-63149-497-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Engrossing . . . evokes the subculture of the mudlarks, who scour the banks for fragments of Londons past.The New YorkerThe international bestseller that mesmerizingly charts quixotic journeys through Londons past, Mudlark thrills Anglophiles and history lovers alike. Long heralded as a city treasure herself, beloved Mudlark Lara Maiklem tirelessly treks along the Thames muddy shores, unearthing a myriad of artifacts and their storiesfrom Roman hairpins and perfectly preserved Tudor shoes to the clay pipes that were smoked in riverside taverns. Seamlessly interweaving reflections from her own life with meditations on the art of wandering, Maiklem ultimately delivers a treatise as deep and as rich as the Thames and its treasures (Stanley Tucci).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.11.2019
• Zusatzinfo: 15 black-and-white illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: 19th Century London • Adventure • amateur archaeology • amateur historian • Antiquity • archaeology • artifact hunting • beachcombing • British • clay • digging • Domestic Waste • England • Excavation • Flaneur • Foreshore • Gleaner • historical collector • iron • journey • London • London Bridge • london mudlark • museum of london • Nautical History • port of london • river • River Thames • river walks • scavenging • Sea • Seaside • Surrey • Thames • thames foreshore • thames river • Travel • Treasure • Treasure Hunting • urban archaeology • Victorian • Walking • Waterfront
• ISBN-10: 1-63149-497-X / 163149497X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-63149-497-0 / 9781631494970