LONDONOPOLIS: A CURIOUS HISTORY OF LONDON (PB)

Which tube station once housed the Elgin Marbles? What lies behind a Piccadilly doorway that helped Darwin launch his theory of evolution? And who named the Natural History Museum's long-tailed dinosaur Mr. Whippy? Londonopolis celebrates all the weird and wonderful things that make London magical, and whisks you into the warren of backstreets, cemeteries, palaces, markets, museums and gardens of the great metropolis. Meet the characters who populate the city, from cockneys to royalty, and peel back layers of time to uncover the curious and the curiouser.