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History of London
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History of London

Walter Besant

1894

8h 36m
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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.

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28 chapters

  1. 1Lessons 1 - 2: The Foundation of London (I - II)14m
  2. 2Lessons 3 - 4: Roman London (I - II)14m
  3. 3Lessons 5 - 7: After the Romans (I - III)20m
  4. 4Lessons 8 - 10: The First and Second Saxon Settlements, and The Anglo-Saxon Citizen19m
  5. 5Lessons 11 - 12: The Wall of London, and Norman London13m
  6. 6Lessons 13 - 14: Fitzstephen's Account of the City (I - II)14m
  7. 7Lessons 15 - 18: London Bridge (I - II), and The Tower of London (I - II)25m
  8. 8Lessons 19 - 20: The Pilgrims, and St. Bartholomew's Hospital13m
  9. 9Lessons 21 - 22: The Terror of Leprosy, and The Terror of Famine16m
  10. 10Lessons 23 - 25: St. Paul's Cathedral (I - II), and Paul's Churchyard21m
  11. 11Lessons 26 - 27: The Religious Houses, and Monks, Friars, and Nuns14m
  12. 12Lessons 28 - 29: The London Churches, The Streets15m
  13. 13Lessons 30 - 32: Whittington (I - III)19m
  14. 14Lessons 33 - 35: Gifts and Bequests, The Palaces and Great Houses, and Amusements21m
  15. 15Lessons 36 - 37: Westminster Abbey, and The Court at Westminster13m
  16. 16Lessons 38 - 39: Justice and Punishments, and The Political Power of London15m
  17. 17Lessons 40 - 42: Elizabethan London (I - III)19m
  18. 18Lessons 43 - 45: Trade (I - III)21m
  19. 19Lessons 46 - 49: Plays and Pageants (I - IV)26m
  20. 20Lessons 50 - 51: The Terror of the Plague (I - II)15m
  21. 21Lessons 52 - 53: The Terror of Fire (I - II)14m
  22. 22Lesson 54: Rogues and Vagabonds8m
  23. 23Lessons 55 - 59: Under George the Second (I - V)33m
  24. 24Lessons 60 - 62: The Government of the City (I - III)18m
  25. 25Lesson 63: London9m
  26. 26Author's Notes on Lessons 1 - 2036m
  27. 27Author's Notes on Lessons 21 - 3925m
  28. 28Author's Notes on Lessons 40 - 6326m
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