TY - BOOK AU - De Amicis,Edmondo AU - Simonin,Louis AU - Elgar,Adam AU - Parkin,Stephen AU - De Amicis,Edmondo AU - Simonin,Louis TI - Memories of London SN - 9780714545578 AV - DA625 U1 - 914.210481 23 PY - 2017/// CY - London PB - Alma Books KW - De Amicis, Edmondo, KW - Simonin, Louis, KW - Travel KW - Voyage KW - travel KW - aat KW - fast KW - London (England) KW - England KW - London KW - Electronic books N1 - Translated from Italian and French N2 - Originally conceived as a series of newspaper articles and later published in volume form, De Amicis's Memories of London brings back to life all the bygone charm of the capital of the British Empire. De Amicis's impressions are paired here with a piece written by one of his contemporaries, the French writer Louis Laurent Simonin, which leaves the city's opulence and grandeur behind and offers an uncompromising look at the poverty and squalor of its most deprived areas UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1490921 ER -