London in the Twentieth Century: A City and Its People - Softcover

White, Jerry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847924530 ISBN 13: 9781847924537

Publisher: Bodley Head, 2016

Synopsis

Jerry White's London in the Twentieth Century, Winner of the Wolfson Prize, is a masterful account of the city’s most tumultuous century by its leading expert.

In 1901 no other city matched London in size, wealth and grandeur. Yet it was also a city where poverty and disease were rife. For its inhabitants, such contradictions and diversity were the defining experience of the next century of dazzling change.

In the worlds of work and popular culture, politics and crime, through war, immigration and sexual revolution, Jerry White’s richly detailed and captivating history shows how the city shaped their lives and how it in turn was shaped by them.

About this title

Review:

"A wonderful book. I passionately urge people to read it from cover to cover" (Roy Porter)

"A fascinating story and an outstanding contribution to the study of London history" (Spectator)

"Succeeds brilliantly ... lucid and engaging" (Independent)

"Engaging, optimistic and enthusiastic, and very funny" (Daily Telegraph)

"White is plainly fascinated by London, and for anyone who shares that fascination his book offers many rewards" (Times Literary Supplement)

Book Description:

The Wolfson Prize-winning account of the city’s most tumultuous century by the master of London history

About this edition

• Publisher: Bodley Head
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1847924530
• ISBN 13: 9781847924537
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576