London : the biography /
Peter Ackroyd.
- London : Vintage, 2001.
- xxiii, 822p., [32]p. of plates : ill. (some col.), facsims. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Much of Peter Ackroyd's work has been concerned with the life and past of London but here, as a culmination, is his definitive account of the city. Previous titles by the author include T.S. Eliot, Dickens, Dan Lemo and The Limehouse Golem and Blake.