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Giveaway of three great and engaging books set in LONDON
2nd June 2025
Giveaway: Three great engaging books set in LONDON (mid 20th Century)
UK ENTRY ONLY
We are delighted to be able to offer a giveaway of three great and engaging books set across different periods in London.
They are A Death in the Afternoon by Julie Anderson, Mrs Spy by M J Robotham, and Murder at St Paul’s Cathedral by Jim Eldridge.
- A Death in the Afternoon. In 1948 London swelters amid post-war reconstruction, while continued rationing and the black-market fuel the rising crime wave. The empires of gangland bosses grow and thrive, protected by corruption and bribery. During a party in Clapham a student nurse from the South London Hospital for Women and Children dies in a fall from a balcony. Is it an unfortunate accident as the local police believe? Or something more sinister?
- Mrs Spy. Maggie Flynn isn’t your typical 1960s mum. She’s a spy, and unsuspecting operative for MI5, stalking London’s streets in myriad disguises. Widowed and balancing her clandestine career with raising a Beatles-mad teenage daughter, Maggie finds comfort and and purpose in her profession – providing a connection to her later husband, whose own covert past only surfaced after his death.
- Murder at St Paul’s Cathedral. May 1941. One of the senior choristers at St Paul’s, Edwin Roberts, is found beaten to death in the crypt of the cathedral and Detective Inspector Coburg and Detective Sergeant Lampson are called in the investigate. The dead man was fare from popular. That, coupled with a small army of staff at work at the famous landmark, including those of the Night Watch striving to protect the Cathedral from the worst of the Blitz means that there is no shortage of suspects.
All three great books, plus a London tea towel designed by Victoria Eggs, a selection of teas, and a small Book Lover greeting card will be sent to the lucky winner!
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- Just let us know in the Comments below by midnight, 15 June 2025, what you would most like to do on a visit to London
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I would love to go to Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament
Looks like some good reads.
I would visit the planetarium and the tower of london
we would love to visit Madame Tussaud’s
National Gallery and British Museum
A walk around Hyde Park in the sunshine
I’d love to experience the London Eye.
The British Library would be my first call
I would love to spend a day in Covent Garden
go to a west end theatre
Go on London Eye
A visit to see the Tower of London and Buckingham palace.
Tour Houses of Parliament
I would love to visit the Tower of London and the Houses of Parliament
I’d love to have afternoon tea with William and Catherine
I would love to visit China Town and the British Museum
See the crown jewels
A visit to Covent Garden.
Depending on how long I can stay in London I would love to take a ride on an open top bus to see as many landmarks as possible. I would definitely take afternoon tea at one of the plush hotels and also a West End show. If I were lucky enough to stay overnight, the following day I would visit some of the well known shops and visit the Natural History Museum.
A tour of Buckingham Palace would be wonderful
I would love to visit the museums.
Always museum’s
I would love to go to Camden Market
I WOULD LOVE TO VISIT THE TOWER OF LONDON
Tower Remembers poppy display at the Tower of London.
I’d love to go on a tour of the Houses of Parliament
London is my favourite city in the world, and on my next visit I’d love to do some shopping in Harrods!
See the main landmarks and then enjoy the nightlife!
Love to go on the London eye
Would love to go to the Tower of London particularly while the poppy display is still there
I would like to be invisible for the day and wander around Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street to see what the places are like
The Courtauld is my favourite art gallery, and the Imperial War Museum my favourite museum. Followed by a trip to Covent Garden for an opera.
I’d like to explore all the medical museums. The Florence Nightingale Museum, The Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret, and The Hunterian Museum are just a few of the museums I’d love to visit.
I would visit as many museums as I could!
I love to wander and take photos of the architecture and the hidden gardens like St Dunstan’s in the East
If I could visit, I’d start with a sunset ride on the London Eye, followed by a stroll along the Thames, soaking in the city’s iconic skyline. Then, a stop at Borough Market for some delicious street food!
I think there is a memorial for the Battle of Britain which I’d like to visit as my grandad fought in it.
I’d love to visit Highgate Cemetery
If I visited London I would love to go to the British Library and the various museums
Really want to go on the London eye and visit the tower of London
The natural history museum would be an amazing place to visit
I have always wanted to go to the see wax works and London Dungeons
go to The Tower of London
I would love to spend some time looking around St Paul’s Cathedral. I have visited a couple of times but never had the in-depth tour
We often have a few nights in London where we attend the theatre every night. Now that a new area of Buckingham Palace is sometimes open to the public, I’d love to do this tour during the day.
I love Visiting Museums and all the famous land marks
Run around seeing as much as I can.
Visit museums
love to go to greenwich
I’d love to visit the zoo followed by a stroll through the rose garden in Regents Park. Then a boat trip on the Thames from Westminster to Greenwich. Finally back to the Savoy Grill to eat then spend the night in their best room.
I would love to take a Rib ride boat trip on the Thames
go to west end
It’s Victorian sewers
I’d love to see Buckingham Palace and watch a West end show
I love to watch a West End Show, followed by a stay in a fancy hotel.
A WestEnd show & the London Eye
Tickets to the finals at Wimbledon! What a treat that would be after watching it for decades on tv.
The London eye
I’d love to visit my far-away London friends for cream tea
St Paul’s Cathedral
See Trafalgar Square, Houses of Parliament, Hyde Park, Big Ben, Tower of London, Tower Bridge, London Eye; etc.
I would love to visit Kew Gardens at Christmas when all the Christmas lights are there.
I’d love to do a tour of Buckingham Palace.
I love the Tower of London & all the royal palaces.
Although I lived in London for the first 11 years of my life I never visited The Tower of London. So full of history and fascinating stories and even used up until WW2 it promises a great visit.
Visit the Shakespeare globe – so many things to do in London
some sightseeing, a theatre show and an overnight stay
We love to visit the Tower of London and then The London Eye.
Would like to visit many of the sights especially Churchill War Rooms to see the bunker etc. Maybe re-visit Houses of Parliament amongst other sights seen many years ago.
Go for an afternoon tea then see the views from the London Eye!
Mrs spy
Retrace the steps and locations from the novels
Follow the steps of Sherlock Holmes! possibly find the place where Hugo Oberstein lived 😉
I would like to do a dinner river cruise
I could spend days in the Natural History Museum – a cathedral to life & earth science
I would visit the National Portrait Gallery then walk along Charing Cross Road going into all the book shops (diverting off to Cecil Court) and with my arms and bags full of books, I’d go to an independent coffee shop and treat myself ~ while reading a book of course
Always some big art exhibition when I visit plus walking along the river
I would love to go up the Shard – I bet the views are amazing!
I’d love to walk the London streets that Sherlock Holmes walked on and see where they lead. We know where baker street is or Mycroft’s club on Pall Mall would be. But, would love to trace the other places.
I would love to take a literary tour through London!
There’s only one thing for me when visiting London – musicals!!!
Go on the London Eye
Visit the Houses of Parliament
Buckingham Palace
visit tower of london
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Go to the new V&A Storehouse!