Clive Bloom Bücher

The first book to explore the secret campaign that Mrs Thatcher and her government waged before and after the Falklands War against 'subversives'

This book charts the publishing industry and bestselling fiction from 1900, featuring a comprehensive list of all bestselling fiction titles in the UK.

The complex and fascinating nature of London has provided fertile ground for bestselling social histories by writers like Roy Porter and Peter Ackroyd. For the first time a book explores the capital's secret history - the underground world of radicals and subversives from Boudicca and Wat Tyler to the anti-globalization riots of the Chartists, Suffragettes, Mosleyites and IRA. Violent London is an account of political activism expressed in street fighting and slum warfare, assassinations and bombings. The main characters are demagogues and democrats, lunatics and libertarians, bigots and social revolutionaries. The story traces the growth of London as a capital adn as a major city, following the people who live, work, demonstrate, fight and die in its violent byways. With its strong characters and dramatic narrative, Violent London is a riveting examination of past and present conflict, revealing a hidden thread in London's living history.

Exploring the eerie and macabre aspects of London, this work delves into the city's rich tapestry of Gothic literature and its dark history. Clive Bloom intertwines real figures and events, such as Jack the Ripper and Aleister Crowley, with fictional characters like Sweeney Todd and those from Neil Gaiman's works. The narrative presents London as a haunting space where reality and fantasy collide, revealing a metropolis defined by murder, vice, and the supernatural, ultimately crafting a unique vision of a city steeped in both wonder and madness.

Provides a fascinating testament to the tens of thousands of British subjects who have fought and died for the ideal of a fair republic