{"product_id":"1700-scenes-from-london-life","title":"Maureen Waller: 1700 : Scenes from London Life [2001] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eMore than a capital city, Londoners had witnessed the unthinkable - the public execution of a king at Whitehall. Thousands had died in the Plague of 1665, then the Great Fire of 1666. But from the ashes rose a modern city, rebuilt with  the shining dome of Christopher Wren's St Paul's Cathedral, symbolising a new strength and confidence. London, with a population of over half a million, was now Europe's largest, richest and most cosmopolitian city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      Maureen Waller describes a familiar yet alien world. Using anecdotes, detail and amusing contrasts, she draws on court records newspapers, and recorded eyewitness accounts to create a vividly colourful vision. of a city at a unique moment in its history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Waller, Maureen","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":48828381757779,"sku":"XV80340739679","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/waller-maureen-maureen-waller-1700-scenes-from-london-life-2001-paperback-xv80340739679-56647245627731.jpg?v=1726947857","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/1700-scenes-from-london-life","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}