The History Of London

London by Walter Besant Published by Chatto and Windus 1904 Fine paper edition. This is the next book on London that I inherited that I've read and a fine old edition it is written in 1892 it is Sir Walter Besants attempt to tell the complete history if London up until the end of George the Seconds r......more

Interesting to see how history shaped right under my feet.......more

Does this ring any bells? … the decay of the Roman power made it necessary to withdraw the legions from the outlying and distant portions of the Empire. Britain had to be abandoned. It was as if England were to give up Hong Kong and Singapore and the West Indies because she could no longer spare......more

Besant was famous during his time - wrote Revolt of Men. Now very much out fashion and out of print. This book however is enjoyable to read and provides a good short history of London, a city I absolutely love. It was apparently called Augusta during Roman times but after 410 AD fell in to ruin and w......more

This Librivox recording was recommended to me by my husband. The narrator was very pleasant and I likely would not have listened to this if it had not been recommended. It was interesting but I very passively listened. Lots of dates, peoples, times. The most interesting parts, to me, were the plague......more