Explore the rich history of London! Find out about when the Romans settled Londinium in AD48, Saxon Lundenwic, William Conqueror and the Tower of London, medieval trade and the Black Death, Tudor Londoners and how they found entertainment from festivals and alehouses to theatres and football, how the Great Fire changed London, the Bow Street Runners and Henry Fielding, Robert Peel and the police force, Joseph Bazalgette and the sewers of London after the Great Stink; how the opening of the Tube expanded London; the Blitz and the rebuilding; the arrival of the Windrush from Jamaica making London even more multicultural and how London is still changing today with everyone wanting to see London's famous landmarks from St Paul's to the London Eye and Buckingham Palace.

Read about the people who have influenced London such as Boudicca, Edward the Confessor,Aethelred the Unready, Bede, William the Conqueror, William of Poitiers, Dick Whittington, Shakespeare, Samuel Pepys, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II.

Follow the dog, Sherlock Bones, as he guides you around London and encourages you to find out more. Learn how you can make your own project about London.

Ideally suited for readers age 8+ or teachers who are looking for books to support the new curriculum for 2014.

If you enjoy reading about the History Detective, then take a look at other titles in this series, such as the Stone Age to Iron Age, Ancient Greece, Ancient Sumer, The Mayan Civilization, The Shang Dynasty of Ancient China and Early Islamic Civilizations.

This book is part of a book series called The History Detective Investigates .

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a reference book. This book was published 2017 by Hachette Children's Group .

Claudia Martin has worked in book publishing for 17 years. She is the author of several books and websites for children and young people. Her favourite subjects are history, current affairs and technology.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: When was London founded?;
• 2: How did the Anglo-Saxons change London?;
• 3: Who built the Tower of London?;
• 4: Why was London Bridge important?;
• 5: What entertained Tudor Londoners?;
• 6: Why was the Great Fire of London so great?;
• 7: Who fought crime in 18th-century London?;
• 8: What was the Great Stink?;
• 9: Why was the Tube important?;
• 10: What happened in the Blitz?;
• 11: How did London become so multicultural?;
• 12: Is London still changing?;
• 13: Your project;