{"product_id":"london-and-the-seventeenth-century-margarette-lincoln-9780300264746","title":"London and the Seventeenth Century: The Making of the World's Greatest City","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first comprehensive history of seventeenth-century London, told through the lives of those who experienced it\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Lively and arresting. . . . [Lincoln] is as confident in handling the royal ceremonials of political transition . . . as she is with London's thriving coffee-house culture, and its turbulent maritime community.\"--Ian W. Archer, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Lincoln has a curator's gift for selecting all the right details for a thoroughly absorbing account.\"--Tony Barber, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \"Best Books of 2021: History\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Gunpowder Plot, the Civil Wars, Charles I's execution, the Plague, the Great Fire, the Restoration, and then the Glorious Revolution: the seventeenth century was one of the most momentous times in the history of Britain, and Londoners took center stage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this fascinating account, Margarette Lincoln charts the impact of national events on an ever-growing citizenry with its love of pageantry, spectacle, and enterprise. Lincoln looks at how religious, political, and financial tensions were fomented by commercial ambition, expansion, and hardship. In addition to events at court and parliament, she evokes the remarkable figures of the period, including Shakespeare, Bacon, Pepys, and Newton, and draws on diaries, letters, and wills to trace the untold stories of ordinary Londoners. Through their eyes, we see how the nation emerged from a turbulent century poised to become a great maritime power with London at its heart--the greatest city of its time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margarette Lincoln\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300264747\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300264746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.40d","brand":"Margarette Lincoln","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993305972991,"sku":"9780300264746","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_395d9626-0256-427f-b37a-b23ffc3a9dfb.jpg?v=1683323653","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/london-and-the-seventeenth-century-margarette-lincoln-9780300264746","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}