Stephen Halliday: 12 books
by Stephen Halliday
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2012
A unique look at the transformation of Victorian London into the world's first metropolis through the lives of eight men who stamped their mark on the capital. In 1801 the population of London was almost one million. A century later, on the death of Queen Victoria, it had passed six million, and...
Newgate
London's Prototype of Hell
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2007
There have been more prisons in London than in any other European city. Of these, Newgate was the largest, most notorious, and worst. Built during the 12th century, it became a legendary place—the inspiration of more poems, plays, and novels than any other building in London. It was a place of cruelty...
Underground to Everywhere
London's Underground Railway in the Life of the Capital
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
London's Underground is one of the best-known and most distinctive aspects of the city. Since Victorian times, this remarkable feat of engineering has made an extraordinary contribution to the economy of the capital and played a vital role in the daily life of generations of Londoners. Stephen Halliday's...
London's Markets
From Smithfield to Portobello Road
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2014
The first comprehensive account of London's major markets from Roman times to the present dayLondon is a city of markets: markets in meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, money, insurance, shipping, and, occasionally, in stolen goods. Stephen Halliday's book is a comprehensive account of the often lurid...
Journey to Crossrail
Railways Under London, From Brunel to the Elizabeth Line
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
Why did London have to wait so long for a main line railway beneath its streets? For a few years in the mid-nineteenth century, Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s broad gauge Great Western trains ran from Reading to Faringdon. Now, after many false starts, his vision is being realised as the Elizabeth Line...
From 221B Baker Street to the Old Curiosity Shop
A Guide to London's Literary Landmarks
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
From Count Dracula's residence in Piccadilly to Platform 9¾, an exhaustively researched guide to London's fictional landmarksAll of London's fictional clubs, pubs, restaurants, houses, and streets that have been made famous in the works of the likes of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Ian Fleming, Bram...
Great Filth
The War Against Disease in Victorian England
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2011
How the Victorians struggled to overcome diseases such as cholera, typhoid, and scarlet fever in their cities This is the fascinating story of how a small group of dedicated individuals fought opposition from politicians, taxpayers, and often their own colleagues to overcome disease in overwhelming...
by Stephen Halliday
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2012
Who reprimanded Hitler during the 1936 Olympic Games?
When did the Olympic event "shin kicking" get banned?
Which Shakespearean play refers to the Olympic Games?
Who was the first official cheat in 388BC?
Find the answers to these and many other intriguing aspects of the Olympic Games...
by Stephen Halliday
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
This book is a repository of intriguing, fascinating, obscure, strange, and entertaining facts and trivia about the history of the British criminal justice system. Armed with this fascinating tome, the reader will have such knowledge of the days when noses, hands, and heads were cut off, heretics...
by Stephen Halliday
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
This is a fascinating and useful reference to the history of the London Underground that reveals new insights into the history of the iconic transport system - the perfect gift for commuters, tourists and railway enthusiasts alike. For anyone who has lived, worked, visited or even passed through London,...
Great Stink of London
Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the Cleansing of the Victorian Metropolis
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2001
In the sweltering summer of 1858 the stink of sewage from the polluted Thames was so offensive that it drove Members of Parliament from the chamber of the House of Commons. Sewage generated by a population of over two million Londoners was pouring into the river and was being carried to and fro by...
Our Troubles with Food
Fears, Fads and Fallacies
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
For millennia the normal, natural, and pleasurable activity of eating has been surrounded by fear and anxiety. Religious traditions have long decreed what foods are right for their followers to eat, but secularization and scientific progress have not made the situation easier. Our present obsession...