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No Free Parking
The Curious History of London's Monopoly Streets
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Artikel-Nr:
9781789465419
Veröffentl:
2023
Erscheinungsdatum:
22.06.2023
Seiten:
304
Autor:
Nicholas Boys Smith
Gewicht:
274 g
Format:
194x128x24 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Nicholas Boys Smith is a Londoner. He read history at Cambridge where he received a double first and an historical research MPhil with distinction. After an international career with McKinsey & Co and in finance, he founded and now runs the London-based social enterprise Create Streets. He has served as a Commissioner for Historic England and has a host of distinguished academic credentials. Alain de Botton has called his recent research: 'an artful recipe book for that most crucial of human achievements: good cities.' He has written for the Spectator, Evening Standard, Times, Sunday Times, Telegraph, The Critic, etc, and been interviewed across TV and radio.
A new history of London, framed through its Monopoly streets and the colourful stories behind them.