1700 : Scenes from London Life - Couverture souple

Waller, Maureen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0340739673 ISBN 13 : 9780340739679

Editeur : Sceptre, 2001

Synopsis

Book by Waller Maureen

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

More than a capital city, Londoners had witnessed the unthinkable - the public execution of a king at Whitehall. Thousands had died in the Plague of 1665, then the Great Fire of 1666. But from the ashes rose a modern city, rebuilt with the shining dome of Christopher Wren's St Paul's Cathedral, symbolising a new strength and confidence. London, with a population of over half a million, was now Europe's largest, richest and most cosmopolitian city.

Maureen Waller describes a familiar yet alien world. Using anecdotes, detail and amusing contrasts, she draws on court records newspapers, and recorded eyewitness accounts to create a vividly colourful vision. of a city at a unique moment in its history.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Maureen Waller was educated at University College London, where she read Medieval and Modern History. She took a master's degree at Queen Mary College, London in British and European History 1660-1714. After a brief spell at the National Portrait Gallery, she went into publishing. She has worked at many prestigious publishing houses and is currently editor-in-chief for fiction at Book Club Associates.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Sceptre
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0340739673
• ISBN 13: 9780340739679
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400