{"product_id":"london-uncovered-sixty-unusual-places-to-explore","title":"London Uncovered: Sixty Unusual Places to Explore","description":"This unique London guidebook opens the doors to sixty of the capital's most intriguing places, all visitable but not widely known. From museums of the unusual, places of worship, palaces of entertainment to some of the most historic and ornate shops, houses and hostelries in the city, take a trip through the capital's hidden treasure and discover a picture of a London which is strange, gaudy, grand and inventive. Describing the history and the character of each place, the book uncovers a wealth of stories about an endlessly fascinating world city with its own unique character.\n\nIntroduction\nCleopatra's Needle\nSt Pancras Renaissance Hotel\nIsabella Plantation\n\nHistorical Homes\nSyon House\nCharles Dickens Museum\nApsley House, Number One London\nEltham Palace\nLeighton House Museum\nStrawberry Hill House\nTwo Temple Place\nKew Palace and The Royal Botanical Gardens\n\nFood and Drink\nYe Olde Cheshire Cheese\nBibendum\nL. Manze\nBerry Bros. \u0026amp; Rudd\nPickering Place\nThe Ivy\nSmithfield Meat Market\nThe Black Friar\n\nPalaces of Entertainment\nThe Rivoli Ballroom\nWilton's Music Hall\nThe All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club\nRegent's Street Cinema\nGate Cinema Notting Hill\nThe National Theatre\nNormansfield Theatre\nWigmore Hall\nGala Bingo Hall Tooting\n\nPlaces of Worship\nWestminster Cathedral\nWelsh Baptist Chapel\nPeace Pagoda Battersea Park\nMasonic Temple at Andaz Liverpool Street Hotel\nSt Bartholomew the Great\nBevis Marks Synagogue\nSt Mary le Bow\nShri Sanatan Hindu Mandir, Wembley\n\nRemarkable Shops\nLassCo Salvage\nL. Cornelissen \u0026amp; Son\nTruefitt and Hill\nSteinway \u0026amp; Sons\nJames Smith \u0026amp; Sons\nJohn Lobb Ltd\nThe Roof Gardens in Kensington\n\nScience and Education\nKempton Steam Museum\nMarkfield Beam Engine Museum\nAlexander Fleming Laboratory Museum\nCharterhouse\nOld Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret\nThe Ragged School Museum\nLondon Museum of Water and Steam\nRoyal Institution of Great Britain\n\nInns of Court\nThe Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn\nThe Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn\nThe Honourable Society of the Inner Temple\nThe Honourable Society of the Middle Temple\nThe Temple Church\n\nUnusual Museums\nThe Royal Airforce Museum\nHorniman Museum\nChurchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms\nGeffrye Museum of the Home\nHMS Belfast\nMassey Shaw\nThe Monument\nMusical Museum\nThe Wimbledon Windmill\nPraise for Peter Dazeley and Mark Daly's previous book Unseen London:\n'A thrilling tour behind the closed doors of the capital city's buildings.' Daily Telegraph\n'Dazeley captures the atmosphere of each building to perfection.' Daily Express\n'Fascinating.' Fabric magazine\n'A joy' Evening Standard\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 071123809X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.071123809X.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Daly, Mark|Dazeley, Peter\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43751446347837,"sku":"BVV.071123809X.VG","price":31.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/071123809X-0.jpg?v=1790975909","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/london-uncovered-sixty-unusual-places-to-explore","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}