The Pitkin Guide to London
Combining vivid text with magnificent photographs, this tour includes the historic, religious, fun, cultural and beautiful aspects of the capital. From St Paul's to Carnaby Street, from Hampton Court to Kew Gardens, this is a pictorial guide to treasure.

The Guards
With their scarlet tunics, bearskin hats and highly polished 'jackboots', Soldiers of the Household Division are unmistakable. Yet, as this insider's guide reveals, there is much more to The Guards than the untrained eye will ever see.

Westminster Abbey
This magnificent Gothic abbey stands in central London and at the centre of life in the UK. Since the coronation of William the Conqueror, nearly all English monarchs have been crowned here and many famous figures, including Geoffrey Chaucer, Isaac Newton and Laurence Olivier, have been buried or commemorated here.

Buckingham Palace
Take a tour of the sumptuous state rooms of the nation's most famous home. This is a guide to treasure - stunning photographs and intelligent text combine to provide a lavish portrait of life in this royal administrative centre and family home.

Big Ben
The Westminster Clock Tower with its huge bell, known affectionately as Big Ben, is one of the world's most recognised and best loved landmarks. Historical and present-day photographs enliven this succinct explanation of how the tower, its clock and great bell were made.

Haunted London
The descriptions of today's eerie sightings are matched against careful research involving names, dates, and visual attire in an attempt to verify these spooky apparitions. This magical guide takes the visitor by the hand and leads them through the streets of London to the hot spots of hauntings.

Her Majesty's Tower of London
Few buildings have such sinister associations and bloody pasts as the Tower of London. Were the skeletons found in a chest really those of the two princes suffocated by their uncle? Once the scene of executions and torture, now the Tower houses the Crown Jewels.

The Houses of Parliament
Sumptuous photographs take you through the Royal Gallery to the Lord's Chamber, where the Lord Chancellor still sits on the Woolsack, a symbol of prosperity, and on to the House of Commons in this guide to the 'mother of all parliaments'.