Mount London
Ascents in the Verical City
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Did you know that an invisible mountain is rising above the streets of the capital - and, at over 1,400 metres, it is Britain's highest peak? This ingenious book is an account of the ascent of Mount London by a hardened team of writers, poets and urban cartographers, each one scaling a smaller mountain within the city - from Crystal Palace (112m) to Primrose Hill (78m) - until the accumulative climb exceeds the height of Ben Nevis.
The essays and stories in Mount London unpeel London's history, geography and psychogeography, reimagining the city as mountainous terrain and exploring what it's like to move through the urban landscape. Ascents of London's natural peaks are offset by expeditions to the artificial mountains of the city - the Shard (306m), the chimneys of Battersea Power Station (103m) - and the search for 'ghost hills' in the back streets of Whitechapel and Finsbury.
With contributions by Helen Mort, Joe Dunthorne, Sarah Butler, Inua Ellams, Bradley Garrett and many more, Mount London is a unique and visionary record of the vertical city.
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Cordee Code: CNM122 Author: Tom Chivers & Martin Kratz No of Pages: 214 Page Size: 150 x 220 mm ISBN 10: 1908058188 ISBN 13: 9781908058188 Publisher: Central Books Published Date: May 2014 Edition: 1st ed: May 2014 Binding: Hardback Illustrations: No Illustrations Weight: 430g
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