A Guide to Royal London

by Christopher Hibbert

No remainder mark, no rips-private seller

223 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Christopher Hibbert, MC, FRSL, FRGS (5 March 1924 - 21 December 2008) was an English writer, historian and biographer.

He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the author of many books, including Disraeli, Edward VII, George IV, The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici, and Cavaliers and Roundheads.

Described by Professor Sir John Plumb as "a writer of the highest ability and in the New Statesman as "a pearl of biographers," he established himself as a leading popular historian/biographer whose works reflected meticulous scholarship.

Reviews

[Dean]

Overall a solid book, with plenty of good entries on London and it’s history. The only proviso’s I would mention are that the copy I read is over 30 years old, so a little dated on the tours and businesses mentioned, and that I did notice one or two historical errors on dates and specific Kings. Obviously if not using as a guide book the first isn’t an issue, but be wary of the second. Bad research and proofreading is never great.
A decent read, with some nice facts and details.