London's triumph : merchant adventurers and the Tudor city
Alford, Stephen, 1970-2018
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Life in Europe was fundamentally changed in the 16th century by the astonishing discoveries of the New World and of direct sea routes to Asia. To start with England was hardly involved and London remained a gloomy, introverted medieval city. But as the century progressed something extraordinary happened. Stephen Alford's evocative, original and fascinating book uses the same skills that made his widely praised 'The Watchers' so successful, bringing to life the network of merchants, visionaries, crooks and sailors who changed London forever.
Main title:
London's triumph : merchant adventurers and the Tudor city / Stephen Alford.
Author:
Alford, Stephen, 1970-, author
Imprint:
UK : Penguin Books, 2018.
Collation:
xx, 316 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
"An Allen Lane book"--Back cover.Originally published: UK: Allen Lane, 2017.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780141978116 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
382.09421
Language:
English
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BRN:
1855429
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