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London in the Nineteenth Century

By: Jerry White
Narrated by: Neil Gardner
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Jerry White's London in the Nineteenth Century is the richest and most absorbing account of the city's greatest century by its leading expert.

London in the nineteenth century was the greatest city mankind had ever seen. Its growth was stupendous. Its wealth was dazzling. Its horrors shocked the world. This was the London of Blake, Thackeray and Mayhew, of Nash, Faraday and Disraeli. Most of all it was the London of Dickens. As William Blake put it, London was 'a Human awful wonder of God'.

In Jerry White's dazzling history we witness the city's unparalleled metamorphosis over the course of the century through the daily lives of its inhabitants. We see how Londoners worked, played and adapted to the demands of the metropolis during this century of dizzying change. The result is a panorama teeming with life.

©2018 Jerry White (P)2018 Audible, Ltd 19th Century Europe Great Britain Modern England United Kingdom Imperialism Socialism Middle Ages Capitalism
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This is a fantastic book. It's nicely structured and in-depth enough without going too far down one aspect of London life. Really well read and nicely paced. Really enjoyed it. I would love the 20th century London book to be released on here too! Highly rated for anyone interested in history or indeed, the amazing varied city of London. First class.

Superb history

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This is brilliant, detailed and fascinating, but if you’re easily offended by terrible accents, try the non audio copy.

Amazing book...

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Crammed with facts, thousands of facts, and yet assembled into a rounded and comprehensive story of a city and a century. A fascinating and compelling read with some harrowing details. Dickens really did not exaggerate the squalor.

Surprisingly compelling

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A great history, read wonderfully well. The growth of London in the 19th century represented the birth of the modern nation and the beginning of civility. The bold ambition, architectural triumph and changes in housing, infrastructure, transport, education, medicine, policing and the rest in the last 30 years were staggering.

That poverty remained at the end of the century was a blight but does not deny the great distance traveled. And, lest we forget, the great advances were achieved and paid for by capitalism and individual enterprise, and not by woke snowflakery with social science degrees.

Outstanding, fascinating

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I found this book insightful and intersting. It really was a 100 years crammed into one book. Every bit of 19th Century London is in here - I really enjoyed it.

In depth

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