London Thames Path av David Fathers

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<P><B>David Fathers presents a unique and richly illustrated guide to the London section of the Thames Path, newly updated to reflect the city's ever-changing landscape.</B><BR/><BR/> The iconic path, which stretches from the lost floodplains of Richmond all the way  to the Thames Barrier, is a <B>panoramic 40-mile walk through 2000 years of London's history</B>.</P><ul><li>From the<B> old docks </B>and wharves that primed the Industrial Revolution, through the<B> heart of British Government</B>, Monarchy and Church to the City of London that took its very existence from the river.</li><li>From the site of the Putney Debates at St Mary's Church to Wren's mighty baroque cathedral of St Paul's.</li><li>From the great Victorian engineering works of Sir Joseph Bazalgette and his attempts to clean up a polluted London and the river to the Thames Barrier seeking to protect huge parts of London from rising sea levels.</li><li>From London Bridge, site of the old