Thames: Sacred River by Peter Ackroyd London souvenir Victoria Tower and the Big

Victoria Tower and the Big Ben dominate the skyline

lightweight and durable

This wooden pirate ship encourages imagination

Suffragette procession of Journalists

Most assumed they would spend just three or four years here

Thames: Sacred River by Peter Ackroyd London souvenir Victoria Tower and the BigThames: Sacred River is the biography of the river, from sea to source. Exploring its history from prehistoric times to the present day, the reader is drawn into an extraordinary world, learning about the fishes that swim in the river and the boats that ply its surface; about floods and tides; hauntings and suicides; miasmas and malaria; locks, weirs and embankments; bridges, docks and palaces. Peter Ackroyd has a genius for digging out the most