The Thames

Combining well-chosen historical stories, strong characters and thrilling events, THE THAMES reveals a vital, yet silent, figure that has helped shape British history.

This resplendent book combines a dramatist's empathy with people and a scholar's devotion to facts . . . A magnificent, multi-layered achievement, a 'must-read

Liza Picard, author of DR JOHNSON'S LONDON, RESTORATION LONDON and ELIZABETH'S LONDON

Robert Lacey, author of GREAT TALES FROM ENGLISH HISTORY

John Brewer

Schneer received his B.A. and M.A. from McGill University and Ph.D. from Columbia University and is currently Professor of Modern British History at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. He has written three books about British Labour and most recently a cultural history of London at the turn of the 20th century: LONDON 1900: THE IMPERIAL METROPOLIS.