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CONTENTS
- TUDOR SOVEREIGNS
- CHAP.
- 1. Henry VII.
- 2. Henry VIII.
- 3. Edward VI.
- 4. Mary.
- 5. Elizabeth.
- 6. The Queen in Splendour.
- RELIGION
- 1. The Dissolution and the Martyrs.
- 2. The Progress of the Reformation.
- 3. Superstition.
- ELIZABETHAN LONDON
- 1. With Stow.
- 2. Contemporary Evidence.
- 3. The Citizens.
- GOVERNMENT AND TRADE OF THE CITY.
- 1. The Mayor.
- 2. Trade.
- 3. Literature and Art.
- 4. Gog and Magog.
- SOCIAL LIFE.
- 1. Manners and Customs.
- 2. Food and Drink.
- 3. Dress—Weddings.
- 4. Soldiers.
- 5. The ’Prentice.
- 6. The London Inns.
- 7. Theatres and Sports.
- 8. The Poor.
- 9. Crime and Punishment.
PRESS OPINIONS
“Altogether it forms without question not only a monument to Sir Walter Besant’s affectionate enthusiasm for London, and devotion to what he regarded as the great task of his life, but an almost unrivalled popular presentation of English life and manners in the metropolis during the age of the Tudors.”—Glasgow Herald.
“A vivid and fascinating picture of London life in the sixteenth century—a novelist’s picture, full of life and movement, yet with the accurate detail of an antiquarian treatise.”—The Contemporary Review.
“Of books on London we hail all and every one, since none can be so wholly bad that nothing can be learnt from its perusal; of this exceptionally able achievement we believe that, whilst its high aim should act as a stimulus to further endeavour, it will be long before the literature of ancient London is enriched by a more fascinating work of introspection.”—The Times.
“There is not space to analyse this fine book to any adequate extent, and the temptation to enlarge upon it grows with the perusal of its fascinating pages.... For the student, as well as for those desultory readers who are drawn by the rare fascination of London to peruse its pages, this book will have a value and a charm which are unsurpassed by any of its predecessors.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
“We know of no book that is calculated to interest lovers of this great city of ours to a greater degree than this posthumous contribution of a gifted writer to what he himself loved so well—the history of London.”—Daily Chronicle.
“This splendidly appointed volume, with its wealth of illustrations from the work of contemporary artists, as well as writers, is in keeping with its important subject, and, with its companion volumes, forms a monumental work that will assuredly go down to the far future.”—Aberdeen Free Press.