Permanent Londoners
Judi Culbertson and Tom Randall
A guide to London's chapels, churchyards, and cemeteries--to Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's, The Tower, Windsor Castle, and many more less famous but no less intrigtuing burial sites.
Read Time: ~2.6 hr
El viajero de Leicester
by Juan Pedro Aparicio (1998)
About this book
En el tren de Londres a Leicester un ciudadano español cuenta su historia a un compatriota, ocasional compañero de viaje. On the train from London to Leicester, a man from Spain tells his story to a fellow countryman who happens to be his travel companion.
Setting / LocationLondon & UK
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreEl viajero de Leicester Lead Character
Themes & Moods
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