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The Great Stink of London : Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the Cleansing of the Victorian Metropolis

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The Great Stink of London : Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the Cleansing of the Victorian Metropolis

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Paved with Gold : The Life and Times of the Real Dick Whittington

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A Perch in Bohemia : Art, Love and Life in Chelsea's Swan Court 1931-1961

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Letters from London

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Times of My Life: A Forest Gate Girl : Part One

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Anna and the Black Knight : Incorporating Anna’s Book

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Salaam Brick Lane

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Mister God, This is Anna

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The Common Years

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A Hidden History of the Tower of London : England's Most Notorious Prisoners

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Love and War in London : The Mass Observation Wartime Diary of Olivia Cockett

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A Double Thread

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Rising from the Rubbles - Memoir of Resilience and Hope

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On the Street Where You Live. Growing Up in 1950's London

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Falling for London : A Cautionary Tale

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Vanishing Streets : Journeys in London

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Memoirs of a Young African

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Knock Down Ginger : Illustrated Tales from Younger Days

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Don't Rub 'Em, Count 'Em

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East End Tales

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Silvertown : An East End Family Memoir

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Home : The Story of Everyone Who Ever Lived in Our House

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Robert Hooke and the English Renaissance

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A Hoxton Childhood

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Goodbye, Mango Sergeant : Memoir of a Jamaica Trench Town Boy

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