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Literary London Soho & Covent Garden Walks!

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Channel: Amy McLean - Author and Film Reviewer · 2016 · Entertainment

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MY BOOKS: https://www.mcleanamy.co.uk/ Literary London Soho & Covent Garden Walks! BookTube! [OPEN FOR LINKS AND INFO!] #Soho #CoventGarden #Londonwalks Today I'm walking literary London! Join me on the Soho London walk and the Covent Garden London walk as we explore literary hotspots! Scroll down for a list of the places and highlights.

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Amy McLean 

I found a copy of Walking Literary London by Roger Tagholm in my local library, and knew I wanted to vlog my exploring. In this first video in the series, I visit locations in Soho and Covent Garden on my search for literary hotspots.

Locations featured:
- 28 Poland Street, London, W1F 8QP
William Blake lived here!

- 50 Poland Street
Fanney Burney lived here!

- 11 Poland Street
Percy Bysshe Shelley lived here!

- 38 Great Pulteney Street, London, W1F 9NU
Polidori, Lord Byron's physician and writer of The Vampyre, lived here!

- Marshall Street/Broadwick Street
William Blake was born here!

- Covent Garden Market
Thomas Gray bought flowers here, and Charles Dickens stared at pineapples he couldn't afford!

- 10 Henrietta Street, WC2E
Jane Austen stayed here with her brother between 1813 and 1814

- 14 Henrietta Street
Origin of Victor Gollancz publishers, who published some of Daphne du Maurier's works!

- Bow Street Magistrates' Court, WC2E 7AT
Oscar Wilde was held here for two weeks.

- The Lamb and Flag Pub, Rose Street, WC2E 9EB
John Dryden was nearly beaten to death during a mugging in the alleyway at the side.

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