London 400 Headwords Stage 1 - Oxford Bookworms Factfiles Author:John Escott London - two thousand years of history. From the Romans and King Henry the Eighth to the city of today and tomorrow - and from St Paul's Cathedral and Buckingham Palace to Petticoat Lane Market and Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. The rich and exciting life of a great city - and some of the people who helped to make it.