London In The Eighteenth Century by Jerry White
As Daniel Defoe put it, London really was a 'great and monstrous Thing'. Jerry White's tremendous portrait of this turbulent century explores how and to what extent Londoners negotiated and repaired these open wounds.
White is one of our great chroniclers of London and this beautifully written, impeccably researched and incredibly generous book is a necessity for those of us who are not yet tired of life -- Frances Wilson * Telegraph *
[A] page-turner biography of the capital, full of amazing facts and anecdotes, a book that anyone wanting food for thought about social history or human nature will treasure * Evening Standard *
An invigorating yet thoughtful tour through the metropolis’s most extraordinary and bracing of centuries -- Andrew Holgate * Sunday Times *
A tremendous work - well researched, well written, solid and reliable, mastering a complex subject in an authoritative account that is a pleasure to read -- Dan Cruikshank * Country Life *
A dazzling account * Daily Express *
[A] page-turner biography of the capital, full of amazing facts and anecdotes, a book that anyone wanting food for thought about social history or human nature will treasure * Evening Standard *
An invigorating yet thoughtful tour through the metropolis’s most extraordinary and bracing of centuries -- Andrew Holgate * Sunday Times *
A tremendous work - well researched, well written, solid and reliable, mastering a complex subject in an authoritative account that is a pleasure to read -- Dan Cruikshank * Country Life *
A dazzling account * Daily Express *
Professor Jerry White teaches London history at Birkbeck, University of London. He is the author of an acclaimed trilogy of London from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. His more recent books include Mansions of Misery: A Biography of the Marshalsea Debtors' Prison and Zeppelin Nights, a social history of London during the First World War. He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature by the University of London in 2005 and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847921802 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847921809 |
| Title | London In The Eighteenth Century |
| Author | Jerry White |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2012-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 704 |
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