Heart of London: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Heart of London, credited to H.C.V. Morton, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Heart of London by . Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. An ever-muttering prisoned storm, The heart of London beating warm. John Davidson, "Ballads and Songs" A collection of short essays, originally published in The Daily Express newspaper. The writer was a journalist on staff, and also a renowned travel writer. LONDON'S GROWTH Here Herbs did grow And Flowers sweet But now 'tis called Saint George's Street. —An 18th century inscription on a London tavern When a man is tired of London he is tired of life: for there is in London all that life can afford.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Heart of London
• Author credits: H.C.V. Morton
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 49
• Listed recording duration: 5:19:06

Opening tracks: first 24 of 49

1. 01 - THE NEW ROMANCE — 7:57
2. 02 - WHERE THE EAGLES SLEEP — 13:02
3. 03 - ORIENTAL (Petticoat Lane) — 7:44
4. 04 - SHIPS COME HOME (The Docks) — 5:47
5. 05 - TREASURE TROVE (Caledonian Market) — 8:10
6. 06 - CENOTAPH — 6:00
7. 07 - ROMANCE ON WHEELS — 7:39
8. 08 - GHOSTS OF THE FOG — 6:11
9. 09 - BATTLE (Free Cancer Hospital) — 6:14
10. 10 - BABIES IN THE SUN (Kensington Gardens) — 5:44
11. 11 - FACES IN THE STRAND — 5:42
12. 12 - WOMEN AND TEA — 5:32
13. 13 - AN OPEN DOOR (St. Martin's Church in the Fields) — 5:53
14. 14 - A BIT OF BAGDAD (Club Row) — 6:08
15. 15 - "PRISONERS ONLY" (Bow Street) — 6:20
16. 16 - BOYS ON THE BRIDGE — 6:13
17. 17 - NIGHT BIRDS — 5:45
18. 18 - AT THE WHEEL — 6:41
19. 19 - UNDER THE DOME (St. Paul's) — 6:42
20. 20 - HEARTBREAK HOUSE — 8:30
21. 21 - MADONNA OF THE PAVEMENT — 4:08
22. 22 - SWORD AND CROSS (Temple Church) — 6:25
23. 23 - KNOCKOUT LAND — 5:01
24. 24 - GHOSTS (Soane Museum) — 9:09

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