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The House by the Thames: And the People Who Lived There
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #101180 in Books
- Published on: 2007-01-25
- Binding: Paperback
- 256 pages
Editorial Reviews
Observer
Consistently engaging and meticulously researched
Mail on Sunday
`through painstaking historical research has built up an enchanting
portrait...'
The Good Book Guide
"colourful"
Customer Reviews
Family and Social History
I recommend this book highly for anyone interested in family history and the social history of London. Ms Tindall has undertaken immense research and the book is well worth reading if you are a family historian, for the many tips she drops onto the pages. This book is an absolute gem and I am going to keep it on my bookshelf for ever because of its lavish historical description of London as well as the wonderful story of the families and people who lived on Bankside - the two are woven together most amazingly. I am longing to read Ms Tindall other books now.
Definitely buy this book if you are a family historian or interested in old London town.
A pleasant overview 
This book is a pleasant enough read - certainly no more. I picked it up because my wife and I have walked past the house and are generally interested in London history. The house itself is used as a peg on which to hang some social history of the area from the early 1700s and none the worse for that. You get a flavour of the development of industry,education, the sewage system etc. Anyone expecting a good deal about the house itself and housing generally will be disappointed.
A work of Fiction....?
From the surprisingly numerous reviews I saw in the national press for this book, I understood that one of the main claims to fame of the author was the quality of her research. I am at a loss to understand why. From a cursory perusal of the latter chapters - with the subject matter of which I was personally very familiar - the most striking feature for me was the multitude of errors of both omission and commission which tumbled out; I was left with no confidence that the book in general could be the result of detailed and comprehensive research. Perhaps it should be understood as loosely 'anecdotal' and read in that light, rather than as an attempt at serious social history?
