Diary entries, letters, newspaper stories, and eyewitness accounts from authors such as Tacitus, Conan Doyle, and Crisp are among these nearly two hundred short readings about the places, people, and events that shaped London. Here royalty are crowned, imprisoned, and executed, Bedlam doubles as an amusement park, and the Plague and the Fire roll through the streets, but London, its people, and its daily life survive. Includes modern and historical maps and two sets of b&w plates. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)