London In The Nineteenth Century - Couverture rigide

White, Jerry

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0224062727 ISBN 13 : 9780224062725

Editeur : Jonathan Cape Ltd, 2007

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"A dazzling and dramatic narrative of a century of high-speed change ... A must-have for anyone seriously interested in London’s history" (Evening Standard)

"Magisterial" (Observer)

"Magnificent ... Charged with infectious enthusiasm for its subject, this is an unmissable treat which ought to be top of every Londoner’s reading list" (Time Out)

"A brilliant account of the bursting, overflowing city, with its glittering wealth and harrowing poverty" (Financial Times)

"Jerry White is to London as Boswell is to Johnson... London in the Nineteenth Century should sit on your shelf alongside Debrett’s, the Oxford dictionary, and your complete set of Dickens" (Daily Telegraph)

"White brings to his book a diligence and contagious zest that may serve to discourage anyone from ever tackling the subject again" (Sunday Times)

"Fascinating ... irresistible" (Liza Picard BBC History Magazine)

Biographie de l'auteur :

Professor Jerry White teaches London history at Birkbeck, University of London. He is the author of an acclaimed trilogy of London from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. His more recent books include Mansions of Misery: A Biography of the Marshalsea Debtors' Prison and Zeppelin Nights, a social history of London during the First World War. He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature by the University of London in 2005 and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Jonathan Cape Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0224062727
• ISBN 13: 9780224062725
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 640