Book Synopsis
Packed with numerous original photos of key locations and including clear and precise travel advice, this informative book is aimed at all travelers to London interested in the homes and lives of the many American writers from Benjamin Franklin to Paul Simon who have visited this great city.
You may be astonished that almost all of the most famous American writers from the past two centuries have spent a significant part of their lives in London but this is no accident. The UK capital is where writers, since the time of Benjamin Franklin, could get published,find their audience and be recognized by their peers. They were also enriched by a city that was fast becoming the most populous in the world, where libraries, large parks and the world’s cultural treasures were all in close proximity.