London: Volume 1 (Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century) - Softcover

Knight, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108073948 ISBN 13: 9781108073943

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

The 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.

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Book Description

Charles Knight's six-volume work on London, published 1841–4, relies on the skills of eminent artists to bring both the present and the past of London to life. Arranged thematically rather than chronologically or geographically, this is a fascinating account of what was then the greatest city in the world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108073948
• ISBN 13: 9781108073943
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 474