London: A Pilgrimage

'London: A Pilgrimage' is a forgotten classic of social journalism, a frank and brutal look at the poverty striken, gin-swilling London of the nineteenth century, written in a perceptive, bold and gripping style.

''London: A Pilgrimage'' was conceived in 1868 by the journalist and playwright Blanchard Jerrold. Accompanied by the famous artist Gustave Doré, Jerrold prowled every corner of the heaving metropolis, sometimes with plain-clothes police for protection. ''London: A Pilgrimage'' is a forgotten classic of social journalism, a frank and brutal look at the poverty striken, gin-swilling London of the nineteenth century, written in a perceptive, bold and gripping style.

• | Author: Blanchard Jerrold, Gustave Dore
• | Publisher: Anthem Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 05, 2005
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781843311935
• | ISBN-10: 1843311933