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Spitalfields - The History of a Nation in a Handful of Streets (Paperback)
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Spitalfields - The History of a Nation in a Handful of Streets (Paperback)
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE HESSELL-TILTMAN HISTORY PRIZE 2017 AN OBSERVER
BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016 Religious strife, civil conflict, waves of
immigration, the rise and fall of industry, great prosperity and
grinding poverty - the handful of streets that constitute modern
Spitalfields have witnessed all this and much more. In
Spitalfields, one of Britain's best-loved historians tells the
stories of the streets he has lived in for four decades. Starting
in Roman times and continuing right up to the present day,
Cruickshank explains how Spitalfields' streets evolved, what people
have lived there, and what lives they have led. En route, he
discovers the tales of the Huguenot weavers who made Spitalfields
their own after the Great Fire of London. He recounts the
experiences of the first Jewish immigrants. He evokes the
slum-ridden courts and alleys of Jack the Ripper's Spitalfields.
And he describes the transformation of the Spitalfields he first
encountered in the 1970s from a war-damaged collection of
semi-derelict houses to the vibrant community it is today. This is
a fascinating evocation of one of London's most distinctive
districts. At the same time, it is a history of England in
miniature.
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