Landlords to London was originally published in 1975, the first
book by Simon Jenkins, later to be editor of the London "Evening
Standard" and the "Times," and in 2008 the Chairman on the National
Trust. The book is a collective biography of the men who mapped out
the metropolis of London as we see it today - also the story of the
people of London, who have never sat idly by any argument over
'their' city.
The Great Estates of London were carved out of the fields
surrounding the medieval City and made their owners fabulously
rich, but led also to a remarkable flowering of urban design in the
squares, crescents and terraces of Bloomsbury, Belgravia,
Islington, Kensington et al. These wealthy families are shadowy
figures in London's history, but Simon Jenkins brings their tastes
and endeavours to light, while also recording the popular protests
and petitions that have led to the ceaseless reform, revision,
conservation and regeneration of London's landscape and
skyline.
'Extremely informative and witty.' Roy Porter, "London: A Social
History"
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