Colours of London: A History

ISBN-13: 9780711269422 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 256 str.

Peter Ackroyd

Opis

In Colours of London, Peter Ackroyd tells the history of London through the lens of colour-with specially commissioned colourised photographs from Dynamichrome that bring a lost London back to life.

Recenzje

"A truly invaluable book for lovers of art, history, photography or urban geography, this beautifully illustrated title tells a rich and fascinating story of the history of this great and ever-changing city." Lovereading.co.uk

Spis treści

LIGHT, FIRE, WHITE, GOLD, BLUE, GREEN
RED, BROWN, GRAY, BLACK
THE NIGHT
THE FULL SPECTRUM
ABOUT THE COLOURIZED PHOTOGRAPHS
INDEX
PICTURE CREDITS

O autorze

London has been the main character in the work of Peter Ackroyd ever since his first novel, The Great Fire of London. His Hawksmoor won the Whitbread and the Guardian Fiction Prize, Chatterton was shortlisted for the Booker, London: the Biography won the South Bank Show Annual Award for Literature. Reviewers commonly categorize him as the Dickens of our day.