Peter Ackroyd Thames: Sacred River Издательство: Random House, Inc. Жанр: Random House, Inc. Качество: Хорошее Страниц: 512 Формат: pdf, fb2, epub Offers a guide to this extraordinary river and the towns and villages which line it. Exploring its history since prehistoric times, this book shows the fishes that swam in the river and the boats that plied its surface; about floods and tides; hauntings and suicides; miasmas and malaria; locks, weirs and embankments; bridges, docks and palaces.