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
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Hardback Editions
July 2004 : Hardback
| Title: London: A History (Modern Library Chronicles) Author(s):: A.N. Wilson ISBN: 0679642668 / 9780679642664 (USA edition) Publisher: Modern Library Availability: Amazon UK Amazon Amazon CA |
January 2004 : Hardback
| Title: London: A Short History (Universal History) Author(s):: A N Wilson ISBN: 0297607154 / 9780297607151 (UK edition) Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Availability: Amazon UK Amazon Amazon CA |
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| Title: London: A Short History (Universal History) Author(s):: A N Wilson ISBN: 1842126792 / 9781842126790 (UK edition) Publisher: W&N Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
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February 2005 : Paperback
| Title: London: A Short History Author(s):: A N Wilson ISBN: 0753820277 / 9780753820278 (UK edition) Publisher: Phoenix Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
April 1995 : Paperback
| Title: The Faber Book of London Author(s):: ISBN: 0571171745 / 9780571171743 (UK edition) Publisher: Faber and Faber Availability: Amazon UK Amazon |
Audio Editions
2004 : Audio CD
| Title: London Author(s):: A. N. Wilson ISBN: 1419302809 / 9781419302800 (USA edition) Publisher: RecordedBooks Availability: Amazon |
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