Greenwich: Charles Jennings

No more than a couple of square miles in area, the historical centre of Greenwich is the birthplace of classical architecture in England, the spiritual home of its maritime past, a royal retreat and now the site of the Dome.  It is also the place where days begin and end, where the heavens were first comprehensively mapped out, where the most important chronometer in history was tested and where the world's prime meridian runs across an ordinary pavement. A highly readable account of this most intriguing of places, exploring a history which is both baffling and unique.