(Paperback)

By 1700, London was the largest city in the world, with over 500,000 inhabitants. Very weakly policed, its streets saw regular outbreaks of rioting by a mob easily stirred by economic grievances, politics or religion. This title draws a portrait of the public life of the modern world's first great city.

(Hardback)

An account of the street life, riots, public fights and violent crime in 18th-century London, and how this changed between the late 17th century and 1800.