Pauline Frommer's London
Spend Less, See More
Chapter One
London the
Lionhearted
The best the city has to offer
Whether you realize it or not, London has affected your destiny.
There's hardly a quarter of the globe that it hasn't changed. The United States was
founded in reaction to London's edicts. Australia was peopled with London's
criminals and later, with settlers looking for a better life away from England's
hardships. Modern Canada, South Africa, and New Zealand were cultivated from
London. India's course was irrevocably changed by the aspirations of London
businessmen, as were the lives of millions of Africans who were shipped around
the world while Londoners lined their pockets with the profit. You're holding
proof in your hands of London's pull: that you bought this very book, written in
English somewhere other than in England, is evidence of London's reach across
time and distance.
London is inexhaustible. You could tour it for months and barely know it at
all. Few cities are home to such a cross-section of pe ... read full excerpt from Pauline Frommer's London: Spend Less, See More (Pauline Frommer Guides #21) ebook
