Exploration & Journeys
History of London
Walter Besant
2026
8h 36m$1.99
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A village on a river became the largest city on earth, and Besant knew exactly how it happened. He runs London from the Roman wall through the fire, the plague, the docks and the railway to the sprawl of his own day, always more interested in the people who lived there than the kings who passed through. The definitive Victorian account of a city that never stopped rebuilding.
Inside this audiobook
28 chapters
- 1Lessons 1 - 2: The Foundation of London (I - II)14m
- 2Lessons 3 - 4: Roman London (I - II)14m
- 3Lessons 5 - 7: After the Romans (I - III)20m
- 4Lessons 8 - 10: The First and Second Saxon Settlements, and The Anglo-Saxon Citizen19m
- 5Lessons 11 - 12: The Wall of London, and Norman London13m
- 6Lessons 13 - 14: Fitzstephen's Account of the City (I - II)14m
- 7Lessons 15 - 18: London Bridge (I - II), and The Tower of London (I - II)25m
- 8Lessons 19 - 20: The Pilgrims, and St. Bartholomew's Hospital13m
- 9Lessons 21 - 22: The Terror of Leprosy, and The Terror of Famine16m
- 10Lessons 23 - 25: St. Paul's Cathedral (I - II), and Paul's Churchyard21m
- 11Lessons 26 - 27: The Religious Houses, and Monks, Friars, and Nuns14m
- 12Lessons 28 - 29: The London Churches, The Streets15m
- 13Lessons 30 - 32: Whittington (I - III)19m
- 14Lessons 33 - 35: Gifts and Bequests, The Palaces and Great Houses, and Amusements21m
- 15Lessons 36 - 37: Westminster Abbey, and The Court at Westminster13m
- 16Lessons 38 - 39: Justice and Punishments, and The Political Power of London15m
- 17Lessons 40 - 42: Elizabethan London (I - III)19m
- 18Lessons 43 - 45: Trade (I - III)21m
- 19Lessons 46 - 49: Plays and Pageants (I - IV)26m
- 20Lessons 50 - 51: The Terror of the Plague (I - II)15m
- 21Lessons 52 - 53: The Terror of Fire (I - II)14m
- 22Lesson 54: Rogues and Vagabonds8m
- 23Lessons 55 - 59: Under George the Second (I - V)33m
- 24Lessons 60 - 62: The Government of the City (I - III)18m
- 25Lesson 63: London9m
- 26Author's Notes on Lessons 1 - 2036m
- 27Author's Notes on Lessons 21 - 3925m
- 28Author's Notes on Lessons 40 - 6326m
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