David Kynaston

The City Of London Volume 2 (eBook, ePUB)

Golden Years 1890-1914

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Between 1890 and 1914 the City of London was all dominant as Britain's legendary gold standard reigned supreme across the globe. Golden Years anatomises an elite at the height of its powers. Combining brilliant scholarship with high entertainment, and drawing on an unparalleled range of original sources, David Kynaston brings the city triumphant into the mainstream of British and world history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781448112302
• Artikelnr.: 42333081

Autorenporträt

David Kynaston was born in Aldershot in 1951. After graduating from New College Oxford, he studied at the London School of Economics. A professional historian, in addition to the four-volume The City of London, his works include King Labour: A History of the British Working Class, 1850-1914, histories of the Financial Times and the stockbrokers Cazenove & co., and the first two volumes in a planned history of Britain between 1945 and 1979, Austerity Britain, 1945-51 and Family Britain, 1951-57.