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Loved and hated in equal measure, London was for centuries the world''s greatest city. Its streets, teeming with history, have always worn a variety of influences, reflecting the diverse crowds who have walked them. Its citizens have witnessed everything from pilgrimages, celebrations, acts of heroism and moments of religious contemplation to riots, executions, grisly murders and disastrous plagues and fires. Drawing on letters, diaries and memoirs of London''s most interesting inhabitants and visitors, this anthology compiled by acclaimed historian Thomas Wright and with an introduction by Peter Ackroyd tells the story of the city from its earliest years.

Here you will find John Evelyn''s famous account of the Great Fire in 1666, Dickens''s brilliant evocation of the Gordon Riots of 1780, an eyewitness description of the execution of Charles I, and Churchill''s recollections of the Blitz. There are also less familiar, though no less vivid, excerpts, which provide an entertai

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London A Travellers Reader

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      Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
      Publication Date: 24/05/2018
      ISBN13: 9781472141651, 978-1472141651
      ISBN10: 1472141652
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Loved and hated in equal measure, London was for centuries the world''s greatest city. Its streets, teeming with history, have always worn a variety of influences, reflecting the diverse crowds who have walked them. Its citizens have witnessed everything from pilgrimages, celebrations, acts of heroism and moments of religious contemplation to riots, executions, grisly murders and disastrous plagues and fires. Drawing on letters, diaries and memoirs of London''s most interesting inhabitants and visitors, this anthology compiled by acclaimed historian Thomas Wright and with an introduction by Peter Ackroyd tells the story of the city from its earliest years.

      Here you will find John Evelyn''s famous account of the Great Fire in 1666, Dickens''s brilliant evocation of the Gordon Riots of 1780, an eyewitness description of the execution of Charles I, and Churchill''s recollections of the Blitz. There are also less familiar, though no less vivid, excerpts, which provide an entertai

      Trade Review
      London . . . if you want to know it better . . . Ackroyd is your indispensable companion. - Observer

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