A History of London
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Written by Stephen Inwood and Roy Porter.
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The Romans built it, the Angles and Saxons invaded it, the Vikings ravaged it, the Normans conquered it. From its beginnings as a foreign outpost on the banks of the Thames in the first century to, in the twenty-first, the teeming metropolitan sprawl of an extraordinarily cosmopolitan world capital, London has been shaped by successive waves of migration into a marvelous polyglot of a city. The history of London may indeed be a history of printing, the theater, newspapers, museums, pleasure gardens, music halls, international finance, and the novel, but for Stephen Inwood it is a history of the people whose tastes, talents, philosophies, and pocketbooks have created it -- and sometimes threatened to destroy it.User Reviews (1) Login or create an account to write a review.
Mari thinks this book is Excellent.
It's probably more than the average person wants to know about London's history, but it's a big book for a big subject. I was very impressed, very very impressed.