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LONDON: The Great Transformation 1860-1920 by PHILIP DAVIES

Order Here:-https://www.bibliophilebooks.com/epag... After ten years' exclusive research, the author has assembled over 800 carefully restored historic photographs selected from 25 different archives in the UK and overseas. They depict London on the cusp of immense change as the fabric of medieval and the Georgian city was transformed by the forces of modernity. There is a rich collection of full plate images preserved at the Bishopsgate Institute plus photographs taken by pioneering photographers of the period, brought here together for the first time. The volume reveals the twin poles of prosperity and poverty which shared the capital's myriad neighbourhoods. The construction of the great new buildings of age like the Crystal Palace and St Pancreas Station alongside new roads and railways wreaked havoc. The medieval buildings of the City of London and the ancient coaching inns of Southwark, the squalid alleys and yards teeming with the destitute and outcasts, the riverside warehouses and wharves of Bankside and Lambeth contrast with the grand commercial buildings of the City and West End as well as the emerging middle-class suburbs spreading out beyond. Behatted ladies carrying umbrellas, horses and carts, trolleybuses, young boys in flat caps and boots and breeches, children in bonnets, this truly is a chronicle of a changing city. Published price: £50 Bibliophile price: £25 FACEBOOK: @bibliophilebargainbooks TWITTER: @AnnieBookReview INSTAGRAM: bibliophileannie