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London in the Nineteenth Century

By: Jerry White
Narrated by: Neil Gardner
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Jerry White's London in the Nineteenth Century is the richest and most absorbing account of the city's greatest century by its leading expert.

London in the nineteenth century was the greatest city mankind had ever seen. Its growth was stupendous. Its wealth was dazzling. Its horrors shocked the world. This was the London of Blake, Thackeray and Mayhew, of Nash, Faraday and Disraeli. Most of all it was the London of Dickens. As William Blake put it, London was 'a Human awful wonder of God'.

In Jerry White's dazzling history we witness the city's unparalleled metamorphosis over the course of the century through the daily lives of its inhabitants. We see how Londoners worked, played and adapted to the demands of the metropolis during this century of dizzying change. The result is a panorama teeming with life.

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It is a thoroughly researched work, covering every aspect of London in the 19th century.
Though it is full of data and often statistics, it doesn't sound dry at all, which is quite an
achievement.

Very interesting and informative.

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It takes some resolve to finish this history but having achieved it I am grateful for the author’s efforts. More a reference book than an exciting read, but some very absorbing bits hidden in the text. Follows neatly on from London in the 18th Century.

Full of nuggets

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A tremendous amount of research has gone into this well-written book. The narration was excellent too.

Enthralling, instructive and entertaining.

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A great history, read wonderfully well. The growth of London in the 19th century represented the birth of the modern nation and the beginning of civility. The bold ambition, architectural triumph and changes in housing, infrastructure, transport, education, medicine, policing and the rest in the last 30 years were staggering.

That poverty remained at the end of the century was a blight but does not deny the great distance traveled. And, lest we forget, the great advances were achieved and paid for by capitalism and individual enterprise, and not by woke snowflakery with social science degrees.

Outstanding, fascinating

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I found this book insightful and intersting. It really was a 100 years crammed into one book. Every bit of 19th Century London is in here - I really enjoyed it.

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