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Item Details
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1700
SCENES FROM LONDON LIFE |
| By: |
Maureen Waller |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£8.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0340739673 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780340739679 |
| Publisher: |
HODDER & STOUGHTON GENERAL DIVISION |
| Pub. date: |
1 February, 2001 |
| Pages: |
400 |
| Description: |
London in 1700 was recovering from the ravages of fire, plague and revolution. It was a capital on the verge of a new century, poised between the medieval past and a fabulous future. |
| Synopsis: |
More than a capital city, Londoners had witnessed the unthinkable - the public execution of a king at Whitehall. Thousands had died in the Plague of 1665, then the Great Fire of 1666. But from the ashes rose a modern city, rebuilt with the shining dome of Christopher Wren's St Paul's Cathedral, symbolising a new strength and confidence. London, with a population of over half a million, was now Europe's largest, richest and most cosmopolitian city. Maureen Waller describes a familiar yet alien world. Using anecdotes, detail and amusing contrasts, she draws on court records newspapers, and recorded eyewitness accounts to create a vividly colourful vision. of a city at a unique moment in its history. |
| Illustrations: |
35-50 integrated b/w illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Sceptre |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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