stroll with the author through the riverside landscape - stopping at inviting pubs, drenched in history - as he follows the Thames Path in the frequently turbulent wake of the famous and the infamous.
Stand on the very spots where:
* Shakespeare came to worship
* Queen Elizabeth II ate treacle tart
* George III had his ears boxed
Visit the pubs where:
* Chales Dickens enjoyed whitebait suppers
* Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton fought with sausage rolls
* ''Rule Britannia'' was composed
Find out where:
* Toad of Toad Hall lived
* Pirates were hanged in chains
* Nelson came for nooky and fishing
* William Wallace had his head impaled
* Dandies ''rolled'' their ladies
* Henry VIII was pushed into a pool
* Alice''s wonderland was born