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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.
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1700. Scenes from London life, Maureen Waller
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- Année de publication
- 2000
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- Titre
- 1700. Scenes from London life
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Maureen Waller
- Éditeur
- Sceptre
- Publié
- 2000
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 394
- ISBN10
- 0340739673
- ISBN13
- 9780340739679
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Littérature britannique, Recherche, XVIIIe siècle
- Évaluation
- 3,85 sur 5
- Description
- 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.