London in the Nineteenth Century
London in the Nineteenth Century London in the nineteenth century was the greatest city mankind had ever seen. Its horrors shocked the world. Its wealth was dazzling. It was a century of genius - of…
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London in the Nineteenth Century
London in the nineteenth century was the greatest city mankind had ever seen. Its horrors shocked the world. Its wealth was dazzling.
It was a century of genius - of Blake, Thackeray and Mayhew, of Nash, Faraday, Disraeli and Dickens. As William Blake put it, London was 'a Human awful wonder of God'. Jerry White's dazzling book is the first in a hundred years to explore London's history over the nineteenth century as a whole.
We see the destruction of old London and the city's unparalleled suburban expansion. We see how London absorbed people from all over Britain, from Europe and the Empire.
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