The author Terry Philpot will be in discussion with our director Giuseppe Albano  at our in-house event on the 18th of November. Find out more here.

Few, if any, cities have a literary history as rich as that of London. Writers have written about it; and lived, loved, stayed and died there. Here are 111 stories to be revealed. Among them are the lives of writers and their characters, and the plots and venue. Where can you see the first printed book in the western world, or visit the library with no books? Where did two poets marry secretly and then flee to Italy; and what happened when Sigmund Freud met Salvador Dalí? What is the mystery of the signed copy of Mein Kampf?

This is a guide to the capital unlike any other – not only enlightening to residents who may have thought that they knew their city (and their books), but the visitor, too. These are sights you shouldn’t miss – but which you’re unlikely to find without this book.

Publisher: Emons Verlag

Published: October 2023

Format: Paperback

Pages: 240

Illustrations: 111 color

Dimensions: 205 mm x 135 mm