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London Interiors
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A Great and Monstrous Thing
London in the eighteenth century was a new city, risen from the ashes of the Great Fire of 1666 that had destroyed half its homes and great public buildings. The century that followed was an era of vigorous expansion and large-scale projects, of rapidly changing culture and commerce, as huge numbers of people arrived in the shining city, drawn by its immense wealth and power and its many diversions. Borrowing a phrase from Daniel Defoe, Jerry White calls London “this great and monstrous thing,” the grandeur of its new buildings and the glitter of its high life shadowed by poverty and squalor. A Great and Monstrous Thing offers a street-level view of the city: its public gardens and priso...
The Workhouse
This study traces how changes in poor law legislation in England affected the buildings associated with the poor, highlighting both architectural aspects and also social repercussions.
Westminster Abbey
An account of the history, architecture and monuments of the chapel, the final, exquisite flowering of the gothic style.
The Task
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In Thackeray's London
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
