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Citizen of London - Richard Whittington-The Boy Who Would Be Mayor (Hardcover)
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Citizen of London - Richard Whittington-The Boy Who Would Be Mayor (Hardcover)
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A vivid, richly informative biography of the medieval entrepreneur,
social reformer and 'influencer' at court. The extraordinary story
of Richard Whittington, from his arrival in London as a young boy
to his death in 1423, against a backdrop of plague, politics and
war; turbulence between Crown, City and Commons; and the
unrelenting financial demands of Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V,
to whom Whittington was mercer, lender and fixer. A man determined
to follow his own path, Whittington was a significant figure in
London's ceaseless development. As a banker, Collector of the Wool
Custom, King's Council member and four-time mayor, Whittington
featured prominently in the rise of the capital's merchant class
and powerful livery companies. Civic reformer, enemy of corruption
and author of an extraordinary social legacy, he contributed to
Henry V's victory at Agincourt and oversaw building works at
Westminster Abbey. In London, Whittington found his 'second'
family: a mentor, Sir Ivo Fitzwarin, and an inspirational wife in
Fitzwarin's daughter Alice. Today's Dick Whittington pantomimes,
enjoyed by millions, have a grain of truth in them, but the real
story is far more compelling-minus that sadly mythical cat.
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