Author(s): Richard Bryant

Travel

Reduced from its huge original deluxe size, this is the "mini" gift edition of Richard Bryant's definitve photographic tribute to London. Following the path of the river, this book moves across London from the bucolic West to the postmodern East--from the beautiful villas and gardens of Notting Hill through Bedford Square and Georgian London to the Roman ruins of the City and the post-industrial landscapes of Battersea and Greenwich. Richard Bryant's spectacular photographs capture every aspect of London, from the distinctive beauty of the Royal parks to the formal splendor of Whitehall, and from the London Eye and the Houses of Parliament to charming Fenchurch streetscapes unchanged for centuries. This edition is updated to include major new works of architecture completed in the last two years, as well as key stadiums and sites of the Olympic Games, to be held in London in 2012. In the tradition of New York New York, Los Angeles, and Golf Courses, this mini edition brings breathtaking panoramic photographs of this iconic city to a new gift market. With a foreword by Peter Ackroyd, the most distinctive and authoritative biographer of the city to date, London Mini is an accessible edition of the definitive tribute to one of the most amazing cities in the world.