Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.
Loading... London in the Nineteenth Century: A Human Awful Wonder of God (original 2007; edition 2008)by Jerry White (Author)
Work InformationLondon in the Nineteenth Century: A Human Awful Wonder of God by Jerry White (2007)
None Loading...
Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. No reviews no reviews | add a review
Jerry White's London in the Nineteenth Century is the richest and most absorbing account of the city's greatest century by its leading expert. London in the nineteenth century was the greatest city mankind had ever seen. Its growth was stupendous. Its wealth was dazzling. Its horrors shocked the world. This was the London of Blake, Thackeray and Mayhew, of Nash, Faraday and Disraeli. Most of all it was the London of Dickens. As William Blake put it, London was 'a Human awful wonder of God'. In Jerry White's dazzling history we witness the city's unparalleled metamorphosis over the course of the century through the daily lives of its inhabitants. We see how Londoners worked, played, and adapted to the demands of the metropolis during this century of dizzying change. The result is a panorama teeming with life. No library descriptions found. |
Current DiscussionsNonePopular covers
Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)942.1081History and Geography Europe England and Wales London Historical periods; Modified standard subdvisions of London 1837- 1837-1901, VictoriaLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |