Bryant & May's Peculiar London

The nation's oldest serving detectives will take you on a magical mystery tour of London, discussing odd buildings, characters, venues, disasters, routes, gossip, pleasures, and pubs. They will explain why some streets have genders, why only two Londoners met Dracula, how a department store and a prison played tricks on your mind, when a theatre got stranded in the past, how a building vanished in plain sight, what excited Charlotte Brontë about the city, and where the devils hide. They hope to capture the city's restless spirit by wilfully wandering off course.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 23 March 2023
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd

As the nation's oldest serving detectives, we possess unparalleled knowledge of London, having traversed its streets and impulsively arrested its citizens for decades. Who better to guide you through its less savoury aspects?

We will delve into peculiar buildings, peculiar characters, lost venues, forgotten disasters, confusing routes, dubious gossip, illicit pleasures, and hidden pubs. We will make unexpected connections and demonstrate why it is nearly impossible to distinguish fact from fiction in London.

With the assistance of some of our more dubious acquaintances, each an argumentative and unreliable expert in their own dubious field, we will explain why certain streets have genders, why only two Londoners had the privilege of meeting Dracula, how a department store and a prison played tricks on our minds, when a theatre found itself stranded in the past, how a building vanished in plain sight, what excited Charlotte Brontë about the city, and where the devils lurk in London.

We aim to capture the city's restless spirit by purposefully straying off course, and it goes without saying that we will bluff and bamboozle you along the way, but that's all part of the fun. History is what you remember. London is what you forget (and we've forgotten a lot). So, please do join us on this enchanting mystery tour of our city. Who knows where we'll end up?

Weight: 276g
Dimension: 127 x 198 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781804990933