London (England) -- Social conditions

Much of Peter Ackroyd's work has been concerned with the life and past of London but here, as a culmination, is his definitive account of the city. Previous titles by the author include T.S. Eliot, Dickens, Dan Lemo and The Limehouse Golem and Blake. Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus,...

Dickens' London is a thing of legend. Hesperus Press presents a selection of little-known excerpts, essays and letters, which collectively showcase Victorian London in all its seedy, opulent, oppressive, liberating, tumultuous glory.

Acclaimed foreign correspondent Ben Judah immerses himself in the world of London's immigrants - from the richest to the poorest - to discover the complex and varied individuals who are making London what it is today. Now in paperback. This is London in the eyes of its beggars, bankers, coppers, ...

Growing up in the slums of 1920s and 30s Bermondsey, Hilda Kemp's childhood was one of chaos and fear. Hilda knew what it was to grow up in desperate poverty, what it was to feel hunger. The eldest of five children, Hilda was the daughter of a hard drinker and hard hitter as well. A casual dockwo...