London: A Social History
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Author: Roy Porter
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 560
'A vivid celebration of the city, but also an elegy for its decline, bubbling with statistics and anecdotes, from Boadicea to Betjeman' Richard Holmes, Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year 'Roy Porter, a historian of formidable range, turns to urban history in this marvellously lucid, informative and passionate book . . . Porter's facts are always at the service of his narrative, which has a finely maintained momentum, balancing statistics with the words of historians, diarists and novelists, poets and churchmen; Pepys, Boswell, Fielding, Walpole, Blake, Mayhew, Wells, Woolf, Spark, Archibishop Runcie . . . a timely and brilliant book' Claire Tomalin, Evening Standard
Author: Roy Porter
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 560
'A vivid celebration of the city, but also an elegy for its decline, bubbling with statistics and anecdotes, from Boadicea to Betjeman' Richard Holmes, Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year 'Roy Porter, a historian of formidable range, turns to urban history in this marvellously lucid, informative and passionate book . . . Porter's facts are always at the service of his narrative, which has a finely maintained momentum, balancing statistics with the words of historians, diarists and novelists, poets and churchmen; Pepys, Boswell, Fielding, Walpole, Blake, Mayhew, Wells, Woolf, Spark, Archibishop Runcie . . . a timely and brilliant book' Claire Tomalin, Evening Standard
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Roy Porter
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 560
'A vivid celebration of the city, but also an elegy for its decline, bubbling with statistics and anecdotes, from Boadicea to Betjeman' Richard Holmes, Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year 'Roy Porter, a historian of formidable range, turns to urban history in this marvellously lucid, informative and passionate book . . . Porter's facts are always at the service of his narrative, which has a finely maintained momentum, balancing statistics with the words of historians, diarists and novelists, poets and churchmen; Pepys, Boswell, Fielding, Walpole, Blake, Mayhew, Wells, Woolf, Spark, Archibishop Runcie . . . a timely and brilliant book' Claire Tomalin, Evening Standard
Author: Roy Porter
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 560
'A vivid celebration of the city, but also an elegy for its decline, bubbling with statistics and anecdotes, from Boadicea to Betjeman' Richard Holmes, Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year 'Roy Porter, a historian of formidable range, turns to urban history in this marvellously lucid, informative and passionate book . . . Porter's facts are always at the service of his narrative, which has a finely maintained momentum, balancing statistics with the words of historians, diarists and novelists, poets and churchmen; Pepys, Boswell, Fielding, Walpole, Blake, Mayhew, Wells, Woolf, Spark, Archibishop Runcie . . . a timely and brilliant book' Claire Tomalin, Evening Standard
London: A Social History
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