Literary London is a snappy and informative guide, showing just why - as another famous local writer put it - he who is tired of London is tired of life.

London: An Illustrated Literary Companion, compiled by Rosemary Gray, captures the varying moods of the great city over recent centuries, through diary entries,

After killing her mother with a carving knife, Mary Lamb spent the rest of her life in and out of madhouses; yet the crime and its aftermath opened up a new lif

"This anthology features a wide-ranging collection of poems and scenes from novels that stretch from the fifteenth century to the present day. From well-known t

- Explore the city that inspired some of the greatest writers in history- Discover the contemporary writers still making London a literary capital today- The pe