{"product_id":"london-paperback-9781108073974","title":"London (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108073974","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLondon\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fascinating illustrated six-volume account, published 1841–4, of what was then the greatest city in the world.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharles Knight (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108073974, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 May 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e426 pages, 102 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 2.2 cm, 0.74 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe publisher and writer Charles Knight (1791–1873) was apprenticed to his printer father, but later became a journalist and then proprietor of various periodicals and magazines, many of which were driven by his concern for the education of the poor. As an author, he published a variety of works, including The Old Printer and the Modern Press (also reissued in this series). He claimed that this six-volume work on the architecture and history of London, published between 1841 and 1844, was neither a history nor a survey of London, but looked 'at the Present through the Past, and at the Past through the Present'. It relies on the skills of eminent artists to bring both the present and the past of London to life, and is arranged thematically rather than chronologically or geographically. This is a fascinating account of what was then the greatest city in the world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e76. Beer\u003cbr\u003e 77. Banks\u003cbr\u003e 78. The Fleet Prison\u003cbr\u003e 79. Fleet marriages\u003cbr\u003e 80.-84. Westminster Abbey\u003cbr\u003e 85. Old London rogueries\u003cbr\u003e 86. London burials\u003cbr\u003e 87. London fires\u003cbr\u003e 88. Billingsgate\u003cbr\u003e 89. London churches at the end of the fourteenth century\u003cbr\u003e 90. Sketches of the history of crime and police in London\u003cbr\u003e 91. Old St Paul's\u003cbr\u003e 92. Old St Paul's (cont.)\u003cbr\u003e 93. Somerset House\u003cbr\u003e 94. The Old Bailey\u003cbr\u003e 95. Public refreshment\u003cbr\u003e 96. New St Paul's\u003cbr\u003e 97. New St Paul's (cont.)\u003cbr\u003e 98. Inns of Court\u003cbr\u003e 99. Inns of Court (cont.)\u003cbr\u003e 100. The Reading Room of the British Museum.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266185548056,"sku":"9781108073974","price":40.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108073974i_757a7667-bea6-4be3-b9a7-bb7cf8615715.jpg?v=1696751483","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/london-paperback-9781108073974","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}