![]() ![]() In the shot, a bus lies against the side of a terrace in Harrington Square, Mornington Crescent. This poignant picture shows the aftermath of a German bombing raid on September 9, 1940. Scroll down to see a handful of the pictures in the book that take you on a colorful walk through history. ![]() 'I stress the word authenticity (rather than accuracy) because, like any period drama, we take clues from the real thing in order to inform a version which is not intended to be a substitute for a historically accurate original,' he adds. Reflecting on the process, he writes: 'What I found extraordinary was not how much, but how little has changed the view would be as familiar to a Londoner during the reign of Queen Victoria as it would be today.' He explains that experts were consulted to create an 'authentic color interpretation of the black-and-white original'. Jordan J Lloyd of Dynamichrome colorized many of the images in the book. They are black-and-white images that have been specially colorized to illustrate the captivating new book Colours of London: A History, by biographer and critic Peter Ackroyd, published by Frances Lincoln. ![]() These photographs promise to 'bring a lost London back to life'. ![]()
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