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A N Wilson
London: A Short History
A N Wilson
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**'**Engaging
...
As
each
era
superimposes
itself
on
the
ones
before,
he
conjures
up
the
vanished
human
history,
hidden
like
the
rivers
flowing
beneath,
that
is
so
much
part
of
London's
atmosphere'
IRISH
TIMES**'**Tantalisingly
excellent'
ISLINGTON
TRIBUNEFrom
Chaucer
to
Churchill,
from
Pepys
to
Dickens
-
the
great
figures
from
London's
past
all
make
their
appearance
in
A.
N.
Wilson's
affectionate
and
passionate
account
of
one
of
the
world's
greatest
cities.Dramatic
events
are
here
too
-
from
the
Great
Fire
to
the
Blitz,
from
the
Peasants'
Revolt
to
Mosley's
fascist
rallies.
But
he
also
looks
at
the
physical
transformations
of
the
city:
the
elegant
squares
and
pleasure
gardens
of
the
18th
century;
the
prodigious
expansion
of
the
19th
century
and
the
Railway
Age.
He
moves
through
the
First
World
War
and
the
'Big
Bang'
of
the
1980s
to
celebrate
the
cosmopolitan
nature
of
modern
London
while
deploring
the
follies
of
recent
urban planning.
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