A beautifully illustrated guide to London's secret riversFrom the sources of the River Fleet in Hempstead's ponds, to the mouth of the Effra by Vauxhall Bridge, via the meander of the Westbourne through "Knight's Bridge" and the Tyburn's gentle curve along Marylebone Lane, London's Lost Rivers unearths the hidden waterways that flow beneath the streets of the capital. It investigates how the rivers shaped the cityforming borough boundaries, providing paths for railways to follow, and converted into canals to assist the capital's industrial growth, or turned into underground...