A Great and Monstrous Thing
London in the Eighteenth Century
Nonfiction, History, Modern, 18th Century, British
| Author: | Jerry White | ISBN: | 9780674076402 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | February 28, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jerry White |
| ISBN: | 9780674076402 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | February 28, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
A Great and Monstrous Thing offers a street-level view of eighteenth-century London, a city of grandeur and glitter, squalor and poverty, risen from the ashes of the Great Fire of 1666 that destroyed half its homes and great public buildings. What emerges is a society fractured by geography, politics, religion, history—and especially by class.
A Great and Monstrous Thing offers a street-level view of eighteenth-century London, a city of grandeur and glitter, squalor and poverty, risen from the ashes of the Great Fire of 1666 that destroyed half its homes and great public buildings. What emerges is a society fractured by geography, politics, religion, history—and especially by class.
