London's Strangest Tales

A humorous, historical dissection of London's strangest moments, events, locations and characters!

Over 1000 years of the unbelievable-but-true tales and a unique travel guide to the strange!

Perfect for fans of the strange, the weird and the downright bonkers!

Following in the bestselling footsteps of the Strangest series, London is now available in a beautiful eBook format – the perfect present for the London obsessive in the family! This fascinating volume is packed with amazing things you didn't know about the capital, such as the fact that it’s still forbidden to run, carry an umbrella or whistle in Burlington Arcade. Did you also know, for example, that there is a tiny, working jail cell that looks like a fat lamppost, situated at the southeast corner of Trafalgar Square, that still has a direct phone link to Scotland Yard? Or indeed, that the entrance to Buckingham Palace that faces down the Mall is actually the back door, not the front?

Whether you're a visitor to the capital, a dailuy commuter or one its 7.5 million inhabitants, this book is an alternative, and often bonkers, guide to the city.

Author Information

Journalist, juggler, orange peel collector and expert on Victorian fish painters, Tom Quinn spends much of his time travelling round Britain looking for quirky subjects to write about. His twelve books to date include Shooting's Strangest Matches and cover everything from antique collecting to English eccentrics. He's also written a book about the children's author and illustrator DenysWatkins Pitchford as well as a collection of interviews with survivors of the First

World War. He writes occasional obituaries for The Times and edits Country Business magazine.