My East End: A History of Cockney London. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.My East End: A History of Cockney London

The East End of London - familiar for its bejewelled cockneys, characterful criminals, flourishing markets with cheeky barrow-boys, gutsy pub singalongs, dog-racing, jellied eels and pie and mash. At once appealing and unruly, comforting and incomprehensible. O'Neill, herself an East Ender, shows that there is more to this area than these cliched images. She traces its story from the misty moments of pre-history to the petty crime and scandal of the Victorian underworld; from the Golden Age of the East End of living memory to the recent encroachment of the sparkling steel and glass wonders of Docklands. Through a collection of memories and stories she brings to us, with wit and honesty, the real story of London's East End.

Gilda O'Neill was brought up in the East End of London. Having left school aged 15, she later returned to education as a mature student and went on to take three university degrees. Since 1990 she has been writing full-time and has published seven novels and two non-fiction works as well as many short stories, articles and reviews. She is married with two grown-up children and divides her time between Essex and Spitalfields.