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London, an Eclectic Social History List

A list of 200 non-fiction books about London; across history and across its boroughs, above and under ground.
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London: A Travel Guide Through Time (Matthew Green)
London: A Travel Guide Through Time
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Matthew Green
London (Peter Ackroyd)
London
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Peter Ackroyd
London (Jon E. Lewis)
London
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Jon E. Lewis
London (Samuel Johnson)
London
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Samuel Johnson
London Labour and the London Poor (Henry Mayhew)
London Labour and the London Poor
5
Henry Mayhew
London's Sinful Secret: The Bawdy History and Very Public Passions of London's Georgian Age (Dan Cruickshank)
London's Sinful Secret: The Bawdy History and Very Public Passions of London's Georgian Age
6
Dan Cruickshank
Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London (Liza Picard)
Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London
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Liza Picard
Sherlock Holmes's London: Following the Footsteps of London's Master Detective (Tsukasa Kobayashi, Akane Higashiyama)
Sherlock Holmes's London: Following the Footsteps of London's Master Detective
8
Tsukasa Kobayashi, Akane Higashiyama
Pepys's London: Everyday Life in London 1650-1703 (Stephen Porter)
Pepys's London: Everyday Life in London 1650-1703
9
Stephen Porter
1888: London Murders in the Year of the Ripper (Peter Stubley)
1888: London Murders in the Year of the Ripper
10
Peter Stubley
1700: Scenes From London Life (Maureen Waller)
1700: Scenes From London Life
11
Maureen Waller
Newgate: London's Prototype of Hell (Stephen Halliday)
Newgate: London's Prototype of Hell
12
Stephen Halliday
The Gaol: The Story of Newgate (Kelly Grovier)
The Gaol: The Story of Newgate
13
Kelly Grovier
Tyburn: London's Fatal Tree (Alan Brooke)
Tyburn: London's Fatal Tree
14
Alan Brooke
London's Docklands: A History of the Lost Quarter (Fiona Rule)
London's Docklands: A History of the Lost Quarter
15
Fiona Rule
Lost London (Richard Cuard)
Lost London
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Richard Cuard
Panoramas of Lost London (Philip Davies)
Panoramas of Lost London
17
Philip Davies
London: City of Disappearances (Iain Sinclair)
London: City of Disappearances
18
Iain Sinclair
Victorian London: The Tale of a City 1840-1870 (Liza Picard)
Victorian London: The Tale of a City 1840-1870
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Liza Picard
Underworld London: Crime and Punishment in the Capital City (Catharine Arnold)
Underworld London: Crime and Punishment in the Capital City
20
Catharine Arnold
London, Biography of a City (Christopher Hibbert)
London, Biography of a City
21
Christopher Hibbert
City of Sin: London and Its Vices (Catharine Arnold)
City of Sin: London and Its Vices
22
Catharine Arnold
City of Laughter: Sex and Satire in Eighteenth Century London (Vic Gatrell)
City of Laughter: Sex and Satire in Eighteenth Century London
23
Vic Gatrell
London and the Seventeenth Century: The Making of the World's Greatest City (Margarette Lincoln)
London and the Seventeenth Century: The Making of the World's Greatest City
24
Margarette Lincoln
London: Portrait of a City (Roger Hudson)
London: Portrait of a City
25
Roger Hudson
London: City of the Dead (David Brandon, Alan Brooke)
London: City of the Dead
26
David Brandon, Alan Brooke
City of Cities: The Birth of Modern London (Stephen Inwood)
City of Cities: The Birth of Modern London
27
Stephen Inwood
Queer City: Gay London From the Romans to the Present Day (Peter Ackroyd)
Queer City: Gay London From the Romans to the Present Day
28
Peter Ackroyd
London: A Social History (Roy Porter)
London: A Social History
29
Roy Porter
Black London: History, Art & Culture in Over 120 Places (Avril Nanton (Author), Jody Burton (Author))
Black London: History, Art & Culture in Over 120 Places
30
Avril Nanton (Author), Jody Burton (Author)
Tower: An Epic History of the Tower of London (Nigel Jones)
Tower: An Epic History of the Tower of London
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Nigel Jones
History of London's Prisons (Geoffrey Howse)
History of London's Prisons
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Geoffrey Howse
The Secret History of Georgian London (Dan Cruickshank)
The Secret History of Georgian London
33
Dan Cruickshank
A People's History of London (John Rees & Lindsey German)
A People's History of London
34
John Rees & Lindsey German
Rebel Footprints: A Guide to Uncovering London's Radical History (David Rosenberg)
Rebel Footprints: A Guide to Uncovering London's Radical History
35
David Rosenberg
City of London: The History (David Kynaston)
City of London: The History
36
David Kynaston
Beyond the Tower: A History of East London (John Marriott)
Beyond the Tower: A History of East London
37
John Marriott
History of London (Stephen Inwood)
History of London
38
Stephen Inwood
A Hidden History of the Tower of London (John Paul Davis)
A Hidden History of the Tower of London
39
John Paul Davis
London at War, 1939-1945 (Philip Ziegler)
London at War, 1939-1945
40
Philip Ziegler
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