London Peter Ackroyd

FIRST ANCHOR BOOKS EDITION, APRIL 2003

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Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Anchor Books,
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in the United Kingdom by Chatto & Windus, London, in 2000, and subsequently in
hardcover in the United States by Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc.,
New York, in 2001.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the Doubleday edition as follows:
Ackroyd, Peter, 1949–
London : the biography / Peter Ackroyd.—1st ed.
p. cm.
1. London (England)—Description and travel. 2. London (England)—
Social life and customs. I. Title.
DA684.25 .A28 2001
942.1—dc21
2001027153

eISBN: 978-1-4000-7551-5

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