If the biography of a city whose history spans two thousand years is compressed to the short written span of only 150 pages, it is of necessity less than comprehensive. Like the late evening news, whose information is a compilation of sound bytes and 30 second highlights summarizing the day's events from around the world, AN Wilson's "London" is entertaining and briefly hits only the highest of the high spots. If a reader limits his expectations to information content at that limited level, … more