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Using newspaper stories, court records, letters, and eyewitness accounts, the author paints of a vivid portrait of this city making the transition from medieval city to capital of an empire. 25,000 first printing.
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Waller (senior fiction editor at Book Club Associates in London) weaves accounts from newspapers and diaries with court records and popular literature to profile the teeming, sprawling London of 300 years ago. She shows how 1700 was a time when London was caught on the cusp of medievalism and future empire, and she investigates parallels to the cultural climate of today in its excesses and extravagances and its sharp distinctions between the very rich and the very poor. The book contains many b&w illustrations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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