# London

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- Book: [London](https://www.bookquiver.com/jonathan-glancey/london) ([London.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jonathan-glancey/london.md))
- Authors: [Jonathan Glancey](https://www.bookquiver.com/jonathan-glancey)
- Publisher: verso
- ISBN: 978-18-5984-464-9
- Pages: 158
- Published: 2003-12-17
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Bread and circuses—free food and mass entertainment—was the name contemporary social observers gave to the ancient Roman practice of keeping the common people happy and rebellion-free. Jonathan...