Shakespeare's London on 5 Groats a Day

Description

This entertaining and fact-packed guide provides all the information you'll need to travel back in time to Elizabethan London - a booming city of courtiers, cutthroats, merchants, beggars, lawyers, dramatists, apprentices and adventurers. Find out the best way to the capital and where to stay. Saunter over London Bridge, with its hundreds of shops and houses. Glimpse Her Majesty at Whitehall, Europe's largest palace. Watch the finest plays and players at the Rose Theatre, and marvel at the bustle of business in the Royal Exchange. Go down to Greenwich to stand on the deck of the Golden Hind, the ship that Sir Francis Drake sailed around the world. This intriguingly addictive guide provides all you need to know to sightsee, shop and meet the famous in the capital of a nation stirring to greatness.

Richard Tames lectures on history at Syracuse University London and is a Blue Badge guide. His twenty books on British history include England's Forgotten Past.

'A light-hearted and novel way to revisit the London of Shakespeare's day ... a lively guide' - Times Literary Supplement 'A skilful combination of light-hearted fun and impressive research, you'll find yourself entertained and educated at the same time' - Family Tree 'Entertaining, easy and quick ... There were quite a few shocking facts that I didn't know!' - Of Beauty and Nothingness 'Ingenious ... good fun!' - This England