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Informationen zum Autor Caroline Taggart worked in publishing as an editor of popular non-fiction for 30 years before being asked to write I Used to Know That ! which became a Sunday Times bestseller. Her later books include My Grammar and I (or should that be 'Me'?) and Her Ladyship's Guide to the Queen's English . As a result! she has appeared frequently on BBC Breakfast and on national and regional radio! talking about language! grammar and Pythagoras' theorem. With her editorial hat on! she also visits writers' conferences around the country! advising would-be authors on how to get published and learning what their place names mean. Klappentext A guide to the stories behind London's place names. Includes such revelations as that Piccadilly is actually an insult and Euston Road was originally called New Road. From the author of "I Used To Know That". Zusammenfassung Ever wondered if Cheapside really is cheap! what you do in Threadneedle Street! or who the knights of Knightsbridge were? Meet forgotten residents whose names survive in the places where they lived! such as Sir George Downing of Downing Street! and uncover tales from London's murky past that have shaped the modern city.
