Necropolis
- 320 Seiten
- 12 Lesestunden
A vivid historical narrative of how London has dealt with its dead from pagan burial rites through the Black Death to the Blitz and the death of Diana.
Londons von Catherine Arnold Reihe
Diese Serie taucht in die ungewöhnlichen und oft übersehenen Geschichten Londons ein. Sie deckt verborgene Kapitel der Stadtgeschichte auf, bevölkert von exzentrischen Charakteren und überraschenden Ereignissen. Es ist eine fesselnde Lektüre für alle, die die weniger bekannten, aber faszinierenden Aspekte der Stadtgeschichte entdecken möchten.
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Underworld London
- 340 Seiten
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Beginning with an atmospheric account of Tyburn, we are set up for a grisly excursion through London as a city of ne'er do wells, taking in beheadings and brutality at the Tower, Elizabethan street crime, cutpurses and con-men, through to the Gordon Riots and Highway robbery of the 18th century and the rise of prisons, the police and the Victorian era of incarceration. As well as the crimes, Arnold also looks at the grotesque punishments meted out to those who transgressed the law throughout London's history - from the hangings, drawings and quarterings at Tyburn over 500 years to being boiled in oil at Smithfield. This popular historian also investigates the influence of London's criminal classes on the literature of the 19th and 20th centuries, and ends up with our old favourites, the Krays and Soho gangs of the 50s and 60s. London's crimes have changed over the centuries, both in method and execution. Underworld London traces these developments, from the highway robberies of the eighteenth century, made possible by the constant traffic of wealthy merchants in and out of the city, to the beatings, slashings and poisonings of the Victorian era. An interesting read full of gory facts and details about London. This paperback book has 340 pages and measures: 19.7 x 12.9 x 2.2cm.
Globe
- 312 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
The life of William Shakespeare, Britain's greatest dramatist, was inextricably linked with the history of London. Together, the great writer and the great city came of age and confronted triumph and tragedy. Triumph came when Shakespeare's company, the Chamberlain's Men, opened the Globe playhouse on Bankside in 1599, under the patronage of Queen Elizabeth I. Tragedy touched the lives of many of his contemporaries, from fellow playwright Christopher Marlowe to the disgraced Earl of Essex, while London struggled against the ever-present threat of riots, rebellions and outbreaks of plague.