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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The structure of the book is chronological, with digressions. From Roman and then Norman London, we move on to Chaucer's London - the city of the Peasants Revolt, Dick Whittington and the great Livery Companies. In Tudor and Stuart London many believed the city was being wrecked by over-population, over-building and the greed of speculators. Eighteenth-century London witnessed the South Sea Bubble, gin, highwaymen and the Gordon riots; but also banking, hospitals, and the elegant design of everyday things. In the nineteenth century, expanding vigorously, the city resisted any overall make-over. With Queen Victoria came the Railway Age, which made and unmade the city. Chartism, anti-semitism, overcrowding and cholera. But engineering triumphs too. If the First World War was a nightmare happening elsewhere, the amazing six years of 1939-45 were the city's finest hour. Post-1945, property developers took over, with disastrous results. The author celebrates the cosmopolitan city that mobility and immigration have created, while deploring the moronization' of the city, exemplified by the Millennium A short, entertaining and passionate history of London by the bestselling author of The Victorians. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780753820278
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Book Description Condition: New. 2005. Paperback. A short, entertaining and passionate history of London by the bestselling author of THE VICTORIANS Num Pages: 176 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170. . . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780753820278
Book Description Condition: New. 2005. Paperback. A short, entertaining and passionate history of London by the bestselling author of THE VICTORIANS Num Pages: 176 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9780753820278