{"product_id":"9781804298480","title":"Nightwalking : A Nocturnal History of London","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Beaumont, Matthew \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eLondon, Greater London\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 22 July 2025 by Verso Books in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 496 pages, 12 B\/W integrated\u003cbr\u003e198 x 129 | 550g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this brilliant work of literary investigation, Matthew Beaumont shines a light on the shadowy perambulations of poets, novelists and thinkers: the fetid, treacherous streets known to Chaucer and Shakespeare; William Blake and his ecstatic peregrinations; the feverish ramblings of opium addict Thomas De Quincey; and, among the lamp-lit literary throng, the supreme nightwalker Charles Dickens. We discover how the nocturnal city has inspired some and served as a balm or narcotic to others. In each case, the city is revealed as a place divided between work and pleasure, the affluent and the indigent, where the entitled and the desperate rub shoulders.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46995884114179,"sku":"9781804298480","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781804298480.jpg?v=1752053618","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.pro\/products\/9781804298480","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}