Walking Shakespeare's London : 20 Original Walks in and around London

by Robins, Nicholas

• ISBN13: 9781566565882
• ISBN10: 156656588X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-31
• Publisher: Interlink Pub Group Inc

Summary

20 walks exploring 16th century London, referencing places in the plays and revealing the city's influence on the Bard's work.

Table of Contents

Key to Route Maps	6	(1)
Introduction	7	(3)
Map of London	10	(2)
The Walks
Shoreditch and Finsbury	12	(8)
Around St Paul's	20	(10)
Barbican and Cheapside	30	(10)
Clerkenwell and Smithfield	40	(10)
Blackfriars to Monument	50	(9)
Bishopsgate to London Bridge	59	(9)
The 'Bawer and the Wharves	68	(10)
Bankside	78	(10)
Along the Strand	88	(9)
Westminster to Lambeth	97	(10)
The Inns of Court	107	(9)
St James's and Whitehall	116	(7)
Hampton and Hampton Court	123	(9)
Deptford and Greenwich	132	(8)
St Pancras to Marylebone	140	(10)
Shakespeare in the Restoration	150	(10)
The Age of Garrick	160	(10)
Romantic Shakespeare	170	(9)
Victorian Shakespeare	179	(9)
Lambeth and Southwark	188	(9)
Further Information	197	(4)
Further Reading	201	(1)
A Brief Life of Shakespeare	202	(2)
Index	204