The London Rich: The Creation of a Great City, from 1666 to the Present - Tapa dura

Thorold, Peter

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9780670874804: The London Rich: The Creation of a Great City, from 1666 to the Present

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ISBN 10: 0670874809 ISBN 13: 9780670874804

Editorial: Viking, 1999

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Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Copy is not price-clipped.; 402 pages; Physical description. : ix, 402 p. , [8] p. Of plates : ill (some col. ), maps ; 25 cm. Subject: Cities and towns - England - Growth - History. Cities and towns - Growth - History. Rich people - England - London. Cities and towns - England - London - Growth - History. Cities and towns - Growth - Social aspects - England - London. Cities and towns - England - Growth - Social aspects. London (England) - Economic conditions. London (England) - Social conditions. London (England) - History. London (England) - Social life and customs. Upper classes - British Isles - London.

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From Highbury to Holland Park, Kensington to Clapham and Mayfair to Marylebone, the London that we know today has largely been created by its richest inhabitants. After the Great Fire of 1666, a new London thrust out from its old confines of the City and the narrow precinct of Westminster. The rich were eager to escape the pollution of the riverside, the overcrowding and the slums. They colonised the surrounding country villages and built over the cornfields and pasture and market gardens,claiming them as their own and dictating their character for centuries to come. Peter Thorold's masterly book reveals where the rich lived, why they moved from one district to another and what went on behind the doors of their magnificent houses.

Biograf�a del autor:

Peter Thorold was born in London and educated in the United States and Britain, reading history at New College,1 Oxford. His professional career was spent in the City as an insurance broker. He lives in London.

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