London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century

In 1712, a young German composer followed his princely master to London and would remain there for the rest of his life. That master would become King George II and the composer was Georg Frideric Handel. Handel, then still only twenty-seven and largely self-taught, would be at the heart of music...

By 1700, after a century of relentless expansion, London had overtaken Paris to become the largest - if disputedly the finest - city in Europe. This book details the growth of the city and urban change; the make-up of the Londoner from home and abroad; ways of earning a living from banking to beg...