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The King's City - London under Charles II: A city that transformed a nation - and created modern Britain (Hardcover)
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The King's City - London under Charles II: A city that transformed a nation - and created modern Britain (Hardcover)
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'The cruelty and magnificence of Restoration London provides
endless fascination . . . there's much to delight in this volume'
The Times 'Don Jordan's history captures the shifts [Charles II]
engineered in trade and culture' Nature During the reign of Charles
II, London was a city in flux. After years of civil war and
political turmoil, England's capital became the centre for major
advances in the sciences, the theatre, architecture, trade and
ship-building that paved the way for the creation of the British
Empire. At the heart of this activity was the King, whose return to
power from exile in 1660 lit the fuse for an explosion in activity
in all spheres of city life. London flourished, its wealth,
vibrancy and success due to many figures famous today including
Christopher Wren, Samuel Pepys and John Dryden - and others whom
history has overlooked until now. Throughout the quarter-century
Charles was on the throne, London suffered several serious
reverses: the plague in 1665 and the Great Fire in 1666, and severe
defeat in the Second Anglo-Dutch War, which brought about notable
economic decline. But thanks to the genius and resilience of the
people of London, and the occasionally wavering stewardship of the
King, the city rose from the ashes to become the economic capital
of Europe. The King's City tells the gripping story of a city that
defined a nation and birthed modern Britain - and how the vision of
great individuals helped to build the richly diverse place we know
today.
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