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London rising : the men who made modern London / Leo Hollis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hollis, Leo.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England).
- History.
- London (England)--History--17th century.
- London (England).
- London (England)--History--17th century--Biography.
- St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England)--History--17th century.
- Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723.
- Wren, Christopher.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 390 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Walker & Co. : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan, 2008.
- Contents:
- The greatest hazard that ever the youth of England saw
- A quiet revolution
- Restoration and renewal
- The two cities
- London was, but is no more
- Measuring the city
- The surveyor-general
- The city of speculation
- Ancient and modern
- Raised in extremes
- Looks like a revolution
- Melting it down and making it anew
- The London revolution
- The phoenix risen
- Endings.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 360-374) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780802716323
- 0802716326
- OCLC:
- 166378199
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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