"Peter Ackroyd, CBE, FRSL (born 5 October 1949) is an English biographer, novelist and critic with a particular interest in the history and culture of London. For his novels about English history and culture and his biographies of, among others, William Blake, Charles Dickens, T. S. Eliot and Sir Thomas More, he won the Somerset Maugham Award and two Whitbread Awards. He is noted for the volume of work he has produced, the range of styles therein, his skill at assuming different voices, and the depth of his research.
The rich and glorious past of one of the great cities of the world is brought vividly to life for today's reader in this collection of letters, diaries and memoirs of visitors to London and of Londoners themselves.
Good and bad, dangerous and exciting - views of the Greatest City on Earth
Loved and hated in equal measure, London was for centuries literally the world's greatest city. Its citizens have seen everything from pilgrimages, celebrations, acts of heroism and moments of religious contemplation to riots, executions, grisly murders and disastrous fires. This anthology is a history of work and capital, of power and exuberance, and of great creativity from a rich host of artists and writers, Pepys and Dickens among them, but also of violent crime, exploitation, loneliness and extreme hardship.
Contemporary letters, diaries and memoirs tell the story of the city from its earliest years to the present day. Here you will find John Evelyn on the great Fire in 1666, Dickens's brilliant evocation of the Gordon Riots of 1780, Boswell's description of the compilation of Dr Johnson's Dictionary, and Churchill's recollections of the Blitz. These and many less familiar, though no less vivid, extracts provide a taste of the essential spirit of London.
'This anthology demonstrates in remarkable detail that London was the lodestone of the magnet of the traveller through the ages, and helps to illuminate specific aspects of the experience of London' Peter Ackroyd
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