About a Boy is one of my ultimate guilty pleasure London books. I love this book, okay, but I’m not sure why because everyone in it is kind of awful!

Because of the mystery of his identity, and the extreme nature of his killings, both professionals and amateurs from many fields of criminology have spent long hours discussing their theories about the case. London: A History in Maps (2012) by Peter Barber charts the city’s transformation from its Londinium days to the Olympiad of five years ago, by means of maps culled from the British Library’s rich collection. We start with a symbolic view of London from the late middle ages and end with a series of snapshots of where we are now: a census map showing South Asian immigrants living in London in 2001, a pigeon’s eye view of the King’s Cross redevelopment, and a plan showing the extent of the London railway systems in 2012. In addition to the detailed charting of the city’s inner workings, there are extravagant speculations about what London might have been, if only common sense and financial probity hadn’t got in the way of wild imagination. It proves impossible to understand the evolution of modern London without reading Henry Mayhew, who interviewed people in the early Victorian streets involved in all types of work and, above all, allowed them to speak for themselves, making him a pioneer both in the history of journalism, as his pieces first appeared in the Morning Chronicle, and in social science research. Mayhew’s interviewees and the detailed research which he carried out, provide us with information on all manner of lower-class occupations, especially on the hawkers selling everything from recycled tea bags to fried fish. Mayhew offers a panorama of working-class life largely as told by the people of London themselves. Georgian London, Lucy Inglis (4). Her name rhymes with 'jingles', and so her prose sings, in this entertaining account of London's most gregarious of eras. Londonist review Promising a deep look into London’s top sights, as well as local London life, this is a charming read.Unfortunately, no one believes her because these boys all have corroborating stories and alibis and come from hard-working immigrant families. Morton’s quest for the city’s heart reveals how London’s daily life is rooted in a past that is closer and more familiar than we might think.” But Zara believes Jodie, and even with the community tearing itself apart, she’s going to use all her legal skills to bring the truth to light. Through the group, he meets Marcus, an incredibly nerdy 12-year-old whose only real friend is his weird hippie mom, Fiona.

A room at the Museum of London, showing Charles Booth’s 1891 Descriptive Map of London Poverty. Photograph: Sarah Lee/the Guardian Wolf Hall follows the true story of Thomas Cromwell, the 1st Earl of Essex and Chief Minister to King Henry VIII from 1532 to 1540.When fingers start to point, prejudice leads some members of the community to point them at those who recently arrived in the country.