
Format: Paperback
Pages: 92
ISBN: 9781901992144
Pub Date: December 2001
Imprint: MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
Illustrations: many col pls and figs
Price:
£5.99
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Description:
Excavations at 1 Poultry, in advance of building development, `tells the story of London - from Roman frontier town to provincial capital; ruin then revival as medieval Europe's largest city; recovery from fire and plague to become the world's richest metropolis; the Blitz, and the famously disputed demolition of 16 Victorian buildings'. The story of the excavation and the information it revealed about the history of London are told through a montage of text and a large number of illustrations.