The King's City: A History of London During The Restoration: The City that Transformed a Nation

by Don Jordan

EPUB, 2018

Publication

Pegasus Books (2018), Edition: 1, 534 pages

Notes

contents
Preface

PART 1 1660-1663: The Years of Optimism
1 A City of Expectation
2 The KiNg Comes In
3 Theatrum Redux!
4 Something for Everyone?
5 Rivals
6 The Crowning of a King
7 'Too Great an Honour for a Trifle'
8 Foreign Adventures

PART 2 1664-1667: The Years of Disaster
9 Trade Wars
10 A New World of Science
11 The Year of the Flea
12 Pestilence, War and Fire
13 The Aftermath
14 A Star is Born

PART 3 1667-1685: The Years of Turmoil
15 The Threat from Abroad
16 New Territories
17 Law and Order
18 A Spy in the Family, in the Court and in the Theatre
19 Trading in People and Money
20 War and Enterprise
21 The Mood of the City
22 Coffee Wars at Home, Real Wars in the Colonies
23 City Life
24 The City Convulsed
25 The Fall of Madam Creswell and the Migration of Criminals
26 The City Cowed, the City Triumphant
27 Death and Legacy

Epilogue
Appendix I Thomas Mun, England's Treasure
Appendix II The Navigation Act 1660
Appendix III Robert Boyle's Desiderata
Appendix IV Brief Observations Concerning Trade and Interest of Money
Appendix C Notes on the Formation of the Bank of England

Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index
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