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Title London rising : the men who made modern London / Leo Hollis.
Author Hollis, Leo.
Publication Info. New York : Walker & Co. : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan, 2008.
Book Cover
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Edition 1st U.S. ed.
Description x, 390 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 360-374) and index.
Contents The greatest hazard that ever the youth of England saw -- A quiet revolution -- Restoration and renewal -- The two cities -- London was, but is no more -- Measuring the city -- The surveyor-general -- The city of speculation -- Ancient and modern -- Raised in extremes -- Looks like a revolution -- Melting it down and making it anew -- The London revolution -- The phoenix risen -- Endings.
Subject London (England) -- History -- 17th century.
London (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Biography.
St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England) -- History -- 17th century.
Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723.
ISBN 9780802716323 (alk. paper) : $27.99
0802716326 (alk. paper)