The first comprehensive history of seventeenth-century London, told
through the lives of those who experienced it "Lively and
arresting. . . . [Lincoln] is as confident in handling the royal
ceremonials of political transition . . . as she is with London's
thriving coffee-house culture, and its turbulent maritime
community."-Ian W. Archer, Times Literary Supplement "Lincoln has a
curator's gift for selecting all the right details for a thoroughly
absorbing account."-Tony Barber, Financial Times, "Best Books of
2021: History" The Gunpowder Plot, the Civil Wars, Charles I's
execution, the Plague, the Great Fire, the Restoration, and then
the Glorious Revolution: the seventeenth century was one of the
most momentous times in the history of Britain, and Londoners took
center stage. In this fascinating account, Margarette Lincoln
charts the impact of national events on an ever-growing citizenry
with its love of pageantry, spectacle, and enterprise. Lincoln
looks at how religious, political, and financial tensions were
fomented by commercial ambition, expansion, and hardship. In
addition to events at court and parliament, she evokes the
remarkable figures of the period, including Shakespeare, Bacon,
Pepys, and Newton, and draws on diaries, letters, and wills to
trace the untold stories of ordinary Londoners. Through their eyes,
we see how the nation emerged from a turbulent century poised to
become a great maritime power with London at its heart-the greatest
city of its time.
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