London has accumulated millions of raucous and
touching, scandalous and ennobling stories in its
two thousand years. Some of those episodes were
of more lasting resonance than others, and the
concise essays in this deck of cards deal with events
that have both prominent and obscure places in history.
One side of each card features part of a London map,
with a pointer to the location where a memorable event
took place. The card’s other side yields an eclectic
charivari of well- and little-known facts about the
event’s circumstances, dnouement, and historic effects.
There’s an additional pleasure to be found in these cards.
Lay them out in four rows of twelve, and you have an
elderly map of London. If you don’t know the city now,
you will by the time you’re done!