{"product_id":"london-thames-path","title":"London Thames Path","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Fathers presents a unique and richly illustrated guide to the London section of the Thames Path, newly updated to reflect the city's ever-changing landscape.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The iconic path, which stretches from the lost floodplains of Richmond all the way  to the Thames Barrier, is a \u003cb\u003epanoramic 40-mile walk through 2000 years of London's history\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom the\u003cb\u003e old docks \u003c\/b\u003eand wharves that primed the Industrial Revolution, through the\u003cb\u003e heart of British Government\u003c\/b\u003e, Monarchy and Church to the City of London that took its very existence from the river.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom the site of the Putney Debates at St Mary's Church to Wren's mighty baroque cathedral of St Paul's.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom the great Victorian engineering works of Sir Joseph Bazalgette and his attempts to clean up a polluted London and the river to the Thames Barrier seeking to protect huge parts of London from rising sea levels.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom London Bridge, site of the oldest crossing point, to the Millennium Bridge, the Thames' newest crossing. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explains the\u003cb\u003e panorama we see today,\u003c\/b\u003e what came before and how the changes came about. \u003cb\u003eEach double page shows the distance covered\u003c\/b\u003e so you can plan your own tour of the river.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57313146700158,"sku":"NW9780711276260","price":11.43,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780711276260.jpg?v=1778511732","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/london-thames-path","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}