Take a walk on London s weirder side with an absorbing collection of curious tales from one of the world s greatest cities. This book is packed with amazing things you didn t know about Britain s capital, like the fact that it s still forbidden to run, carry an umbrella or whistle in the Burlington Arcade, and the fat lamppost at the corner of Trafalgar Square that is secretly a tiny prison cell. And did you know that the entrance to Buckingham Palace you see from the Mall is actually the back door and not the front? The stories within these pages are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious and, most...

Discover the ghosts that stalk West End theatres, the mysterious mummy who lives in a City church cupboard, and secret tunnels under the Thames. Find out why there s a TARDIS at Earl s Court, why frogs once rained from the skies, and why the mulberry tree in the gardens at Buckingham Palace isn t quite what it was supposed to be. This dip-in-and-outable treasure trove of London lore is a wonderful collection of the bizarre-but-true."

Test your London knowledge with this fascinating book, packed with fun and challenging quiz questions based around the weirdest events from the illustrious history of this wonderful city.

Kensington palace has been described as a royal menagerie, a hive of industrious freeloaders, an ant heap and even a lunatic asylum. Tom Quinn takes the reader behind the official version of palace history to discover intriguing, sometimes wild, often scandalous, but frequently heart-warming stories.

Kensington Palace takes the reader behind the official version of palace history to discover intriguing, sometimes wild, often scandalous, but frequently heart-warming stories.