When Did Big Ben First Bong? : 101 Questions Answered About the Greatest City on Earth
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TextPublication details: UK The History Press Ltd 2010Description: 192pISBN: - 9780752455846
- 942.1/LON
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Millions live there, millions more visit each year--but how many really know London? Do you know when Big Ben first bonged--or even who Ben was? Why the River Thames is so-called? Which top Nazi was locked up in the Tower? Or what runs through the more than 50 miles of train-size tunnels which ring the city, stretch further than the Channel Tunnel and lie deeper than the Tube--and, no, the answer's not trains. The world's first celebrity chef, its oldest club, the worst ever mockney accent, a chapel full of prizefighters, and the last Prime Minister to challenge a rival to a duel with pistols--from the truth about Handel's ears to hippos living in Trafalgar Square, it's all in When Did Big Ben First Bong? , the ultimate trivia guide to the greatest city on Earth.
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