Autor Jerry White

Revolution, war, political turmoil: this is the extraordinary story of how modern London – the world’s first truly global city – was made. ‘Jerry White is the historian of London, and this may be his crowning achievement … Brilliant’ DAVID KYNASTON,…

London in the eighteenth century was very much a new city, risen from the ashes of the Great Fire. With thousands of homes and many landmark buildings destroyed, it had been brought to the brink. But the following century was a period of vigorous expansion,…

London in the nineteenth century was the greatest city mankind had ever seen. Its wealth was dazzling. Its horrors shocked the world. As William Blake put it, London was 'a Human awful wonder of God'. It was a century of genius - of Blake, Thackeray…