Liked It“Although my eyes did occasionally gloss over, this was a mostly entertaining and informative account of daily life in London at the beginning of the 18th century. There are, it turns out, many similarities between then and now.” see full review » see other reviews » |
“Daniel Defoe REALLY hates poor people. ”
zombrarian wrote this review Wednesday, October 8 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Although my eyes did occasionally gloss over, this was a mostly entertaining and informative account of daily life in London at the beginning of the 18th century. There are, it turns out, many similarities between then and now.”
londonpenguin wrote this review Thursday, May 15 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“A superb research tool which I constantly dip into for little known facts. Maureen Waller has an amazing feel for the period and it is my favourite reference book and I read it just for fun.”
AnitaDavison wrote this review Tuesday, July 24 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No