Papermac;London-2000 Years City: 2000 Years of a City and Its People

Barker, Felix (editor) Jackson, Peter (editor) London: 2000 Years of a City and its People. London, Papermac, 1983. 24 cm x 30.5 cm. 379 pages, including many illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes the following chapters: London from the beginning / London of the Guilds / Tudor London / Elizabethan London / Stuart London / Georgian London / Regency London / Victorian London / Twentieth Century London / Sources of Illustration / Index. This beautifully illustrated book is the history of the world's greatest city and its people. It traces the development of London through the ages: the first rough dwellings on the Thames marshes in the first century A.D.; the city of the Norman Kings, the guilds and the Tudors; the London of Wren, the great Regency developers and the stately Victorians; and the sprawling, many-faced city of today. Here is the vast, unique pageant of London's life; from the great Royal occasion to the tragedies of fire and plague; from conspiracies and rebellions to fairs and pleasure gardens. And here is the life of the city through the eyes of contemporary writers, artists, actors and musicians, recording, applauding and sometimes despairing of the London they knew. (Publisher)