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Laureat literaturnykh premiĭ, istoryk, prozaïk i poet Piter Akroĭd vede nas Londonom u podoroz͡h - istorychnu, heohrafichnu, chasom ui͡avnu. Postiĭno zmini͡ui͡uchy napri͡am rukhu z mynuloho na sʹohodenni͡a, Akroĭd, t͡seĭ nadzvychaĭno profesiĭnyĭ i pyshnomovnyĭ hid, opysui͡e epokhy chumy ta epidemiĭ, poz͡hez͡h i poveneĭ, rozpovidai͡e pro zlochyny ĭ pokaranni͡a, pro seks u velykomu misti ta bahato inshykh neĭmovirnykh recheĭ. Avtor oz͡hyvli͡ai͡e pered chytachem nezminno minlyvi stolychni vulyt͡si, pokazui͡e, shcho lez͡hytʹ u li͡udeĭ pid nohamy ta vytai͡e nad ïkhnimy holovamy. Ĭoho biohrafii͡a Londona spovnena t͡sikavykh istoriĭ, malovidomykh faktiv i z͡hytti͡evoï enerhiï, prytamannoï vlasne samomu mistu.

Literary Award winner, historian, novelist and poet Peter Ackroyd takes us through London on a journey — historical, geographical, sometimes imaginary. Constantly changing the direction of movement from the past to the present, Ackroyd, this extremely professional and pompous guide, describes the era of plagues and epidemics, fires and floods, talks about crimes and punishments, about sex and the city and many other incredible things. The author brings to life before the reader the ever-changing streets of the capital, shows what lies under people's feet and hovers over their heads. His biography of London is full of interesting stories, little-known facts and vital energy inherent in the city itself.