{"product_id":"9781398112414","title":"The Flower of All Cities : The History of London from Earliest Times to the Great Fire","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Jones, Robert Wynn \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eLondon, Greater London\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 15 August 2022 by Amberley Publishing in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 288 pages, 16 Plates, colour\u003cbr\u003e130 x 198 x 24 | 238g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe history of London up to 1666 is a story of Romans, Saxons, Vikings, Normans, Plantagenets, Tudors and Stuarts. Of a city that grew from ancient origins to become 'the flower of all cities', until the centuries of building and the lives within it were obliterated by the Great Fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt features many of the famous figures in British history: Queen Boudicca, King Alfred, Thomas Becket, Wat Tyler, Dick Whittington, Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell, and Guy Fawkes. And Geoffrey Chaucer, Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, John Donne, Inigo Jones, Thomas Middleton, John Milton, Christopher Wren, Aphra Behn and Samuel Pepys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a tale of 'great matter' and 'great reckoning', where the nation was shaped, fortunes made and squandered, lives transformed, advanced and lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the story of early London we can trace a busy, beautiful, dangerous city lost forever, but brought back to life here through skilful analysis of the archaeological, pictorial and written records.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55491419570562,"sku":"9781398112414","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9781398112414.jpg?v=1753746442","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.pro\/products\/9781398112414","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}