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1.		I Never Knew That About London from Ebury Press Price: £6.99 Customer Review: This is an excellent 'by the bed' book for dipping in and out of. Each section has a generous selection of interesting gems and more bizarre nuggets about the capital that will make any reader an instant London Bore or a valued member of any pub-quiz team (admittedly only for the London questions!).... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

2.		London Lore: The Legends and Traditions of the World's Most Vibrant City from Random House Books Price: £12.00 Customer Review: This is a fascinating book for anyone who loves London, and an eye-opener if you have ever wondered whether cities have any folklore apart from ghost stories. Steve Roud divides London into seven regions, and finds an amazing variety of tales and customs (past and present) to discuss in each one,... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

3.		London: The Biography from Vintage Price: £7.49 Customer Review: As a life long Londoner and a person well read in history this book was just up my street. It was a well written book packed with all sorts of fascinating details. For the most part I enjoyed reading it although it could occasionally be long winded and tedious.	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

4.		Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum from HarperPerennial Price: £4.49 Customer Review: This more than just a description of a museum. This is also a journey into the history of the natural sciences and a part biography as well. Well illustarted, Richard Fortey describes an institution that is trying hard (and succeeding if the new Darwin Centre is any guide)to move with the times,... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

5.		Tunnels, Towers and Temples: London's 100 Strangest Places from The History Press Ltd Price: £13.99 Customer Review: Sequels aren't meant to be as good as the original, are they, but having enjoyed David Long's SPECTACULAR VERNACULAR last year I had to have this one, and I'm not disappointed. Far from it. In fact for anyone bored with all those London books which just go over the same old ground again (Tower of... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

6.		Shadows Of The Workhouse: The Drama Of Life In Postwar London: The Drama of Life in Postwar London from Weidenfeld & Nicolson Customer Review: Matthew Parris states in the blurb on the back of the book that reading this made him cry on a crowded train. It managed to make me burst into floods of tears in the middle of Schipol Airport at 6am - not many books manage to make me cry anywhere - let alone in public. It's a wonderfully evocative... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

7.		London in the Nineteenth Century: A Human Awful Wonder of God from Vintage Price: £7.69 Customer Review: This book sparked my interest in London's history generally because you can clearly relate the happenings and statistics in this book to our present times and recent past. A thoroughly enjoyable read, and I'm looking forward to reading his 20th century history of London.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

8.		The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City Forever from Atlantic Books Price: £6.99 Customer Review: "The District (Line) ... attracted considerable negative (press) coverage with various mechanical failures and, in particular, its primitive air-operated doors which apparently had a tendency to tear off ladies' skirts, something particularly shocking to the Edwardian psyche." - from THE... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

9.		Derelict London from Random House Books Price: £6.49 Customer Review: Loved this! A great reference to parts of London we see every day, but ignore so easily. One of the buildings I walk past going to work every day is in here, and I look at it now, and soak in the History. This is a great little book, if you love London and its history, you will really... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

10.		The Gardens at Kew from Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd Price: £17.50 Customer Review: Most people probably don't pick up a book after noting the publisher, but I invariably do if it's a Frances Lincoln book. Her titles are always beautifully done, enhanced with stunning photographs, full of information. Such is surely the case with The Gardens At Kew, a gorgeous celebration of Kew's... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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