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bart_gunn's review against another edition
4.0
Excellent read for people with a passion for London lives gone past. Great attention to detail using the concept of time travel and setting the reader front and centre of the each scene being described. Keep a notebook handy to list all of those places you want to explore for remaining clues to yesteryears.
_ash0_'s review against another edition
2.0
Boring and as a tourist, I was looking for a book that could cover some important events in London. But this book talks about some mundane stuff that you wouldn’t care for unless you were born and brought up or at least are settled now in London. Also it’s tedious to go through pages and pages of description about something insignificant that happened in 1800s. Not that useful for a casual visitor to London.
blueacorn1991's review
4.0
I loved it! I really felt as if someone was taking me by the hand and leading me through London in its different ages. I would've liked the different periods to be a bit more varied, though. It's very concentrated around the 17th century. I would've loved to hear more about other periods. But overall, beautifully written. It made me miss London and made me want to visit all the locations we 'visited' in the book. I certainly reccomend it!
sandraandthecity's review
5.0
It's excellent. I can't recommend it enough. I'm an urban history lover and I loved to London 2.5 years ago. This book will have you fascinated by this incredible city and if you're a born-and-bred Londoner, it will make you fall in love with it again.
I reviewed this book for one of my websites: http://www.medievalists.net/2016/03/01/book-review-london-a-travel-guide-through-time-by-dr-matthew-green/
I reviewed this book for one of my websites: http://www.medievalists.net/2016/03/01/book-review-london-a-travel-guide-through-time-by-dr-matthew-green/
sophiadh's review
4.0
I’ve read a fair number of books on English History and my favorite ones have tended to center on life in London during a particular time period. So it is not really I surprise that I enjoyed this book. The thing that makes this one different than the other I’ve read is that it covers multiple time periods instead of just one. Each chapter covers a different year, taking you from modern London back in time to wander around London in 1665 for example. While some might call it more historical fiction than nonfiction it gives the reader a good whiff of what life was like – rendering historical facts in a lively, immediate manner. If you have trouble getting into English History, this is a good way to start. I have not read much modern or contemporary English History, so I was fascinated by the chapter set in 1957. The other thing that I adore about this book is the epilogue of each chapter, which lays out the buildings that still exist, if any, in modern day London from the time period you recently visited. It’s the perfect travel guide for any History nerd.
spoke's review
5.0
Absolutely excellent book, really evocative of the times visited and written in an accessible and intelligent way. Absolute bargain on Amazon at 3.99, would recommend to anyone with even the slightest interest in London and its history.