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Scenes from London Life

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An edition of 1700 (2000)

1700

Scenes from London Life

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"London in 1700 was a capital on the verge of a new century and at the dawn of the modern age, a place of untold potential, caught on the cusp between England's medieval past and a fabulous future. After the Revolution of 1688, England could look forward to a new century with boundless optimism and ebullience, as the unprecedented riches of commerce and colonialism appeared on the horizon.".

"But there was a less glittering side to London's success. Life was precarious, drink, gambling and cruel sports were the people's palliatives. As men, women and children poured into the metropolis, employment, shelter and sustenance became increasingly scarce. As London flourished, so too did crime and prostitution.".

"Maureen Waller describes a familiar yet alien world - it is as if we are looking in a distorted mirror. A panoply of anecdotes, detail and amusing contrasts, the book draws on a range of sources from court records, newspapers and pamphlets to eyewitness accounts in diaries, letters, travelogues and memoirs."--BOOK JACKET.

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Language
English
Pages
400

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Cover of: 1700
1700: Scenes from London Life
February 9, 2002, Four Walls Eight Windows
Paperback in English
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1700
February 1, 2001, Sceptre
Paperback - New Ed edition
Cover of: 1700
1700: Scenes from London Life
June 2000, Four Walls Eight Windows
Hardcover in English - 1st American Ed edition
Cover of: 1700
1700: scenes from London life
2000, Four Walls Eight Windows
in English - 1st American ed.
Cover of: 1700
1700: scenes from London life : Maureen Waller.
2000, Hodder & Stoughton
in English
Cover of: 1700
1700
February 17, 2000, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
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First Sentence

"THIRTY-FOUR YEARS after the Great Fire, the worshippers at St Paul's still gaze up at an open sky."

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The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
400
Dimensions
9.1 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches
Weight
1.1 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8690048M
Internet Archive
1700scenesfromlo0000wall
ISBN 10
1568582161
ISBN 13
9781568582160
OCLC/WorldCat
228222499
Library Thing
143274
Goodreads
312567

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