title: London: A History
author:  Jeremy Black 
description: <i>London: A History</i> by Jeremy Black is a 440-page, illustrated compendium of the history of England's single most important and universally identifiable metropolitan city. Originally founded by the Romans to serve as their capital, <i>London: A History</i> continues the city's history under Anglo-Saxon rule (410-1066); the city's medieval era (1066-1485); city life under the Tutors (1485-1603); under the kingship of the Stuarts (1603-1714); the city as the heart of the globe spanning British Empire (1714-1815); as a 'World City' (1815-1914; the decline of the city's international influence (1914-1945); and the city's modern era (1945-2010). Of special note is the concluding chapter 'Into the Future" and the author's 'Postscript: The Biography of a City". Informed and informative, <i>London: A History</i> is enhanced with the inclusion of copious notes and references, an extensive bibliography for further study, a list of included illustrations, and a comprehensive index. An impressive work of meticulous scholarship,<i>London: A History</i> is highly recommended for community and academic library World History and British History reference collections and supplemental reading lists.<br /><br /><i>London: A History</i> by Jeremy Black is a beautifully illustrated compendium history that starts at the beginning of London as a settlement and follows through until now. The photographs, maps and paintings make this one history that will keep you turning the pages. A professor of history at Exeter College and the University of Durham, Black is well qualified to write this excellent work, as a graduate of Cambridge and Oxford.His writing style is very interesting, not the boring histories of yore but one which will keep you wanting to read and absorb all you can about this wonderful city. I highly recommend it for any history buff and for anyone who enjoyed the Olympics 2012 in London. Very timely and beautifully done!
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  # In No-Man's Land
  
  
  ### George Gissing
  
  
  
  
  
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  It was in the smoking-room of a second-rate commercial hotel. A rakish fellow,
  newly back from the Colonies, began to abuse England; he hated a country where
  there was no free space, where every inch of ground belonged to some landlord
  or other, where you couldn't live without paying rent ——
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  'Hold on!' cried Cogswell, who had done well at the races, and was in merry
  mood; 'there's people living in England who pay no rent. Yes, living in houses
  they don't own, and without any landlord houses as haven't belonged to anybody
  for no one knows how long.'
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  'I tell you it's true. You'd like to know where, wouldn't you? Well, the place
  is in London. I'll tell you so much, and ch