title: The Tunnel Through Time: A new route for an old London journey
author:  Gillian Tindall 
description: <b>Gillian Tindall</b> is a master of miniaturist history, making a handful of people, a few places or a dramatic event stand for the much larger picture. Well-known for the quality of her writing and the meticulous nature of her research, she has written highly praised regional histories of Kentish Town <i>(The Fields Beneath)</i>, London's Southbank <i>(The House by the Thames)</i>, the Latin Quarter of Paris <i>(Footprints in Paris)</i> and the Cotswolds, Surrey and inner London<i> (Three Houses, Many Lives)</i>, as well as prize-winning novels and history. She lives in London.
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  KATHLEEN TESSARO  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
  
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  **For Annabel**
  
  
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  # Table of Contents
  
  
  [Part One](9780062014313_epub_p01_r1.htm)
  
  
  [In the heart of the City of London, tucked into one of
  the](9780062014313_epub_c01_r1_split_000.htm)
  
  
  [Part Two](9780062014313_epub_p02_r1.htm)
  
  
  [Cate walked up the steps of 1a Upper Wimpole Street,
  to](9780062014313_epub_c02_r1_split_000.htm)
  
  
  [Part Three](9780062014313_epub_p03_r1.htm)
  
  
  [It was a very different journey to Endsleigh the
  second](9780062014313_epub_c03_r1_split_000.htm)
  
  
  [Author’s Note](9780062014313_epub_ants_r1.htm)
  
  
  [BOOKS BY KATHLEEN TESSARO](9780062014313_epub_bm_r1.htm)
  
  
  [Acknowledgements](9780062014313_epub_ack_r1.htm)
  
  
  [Also by Kathleen Tessaro](9780062014313_epub_adc_r1.htm)
  
  
  [Copyright](9780062014313_epub_cop_r1.htm)
  
  
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