Books in the Life of London series

From rag-gatherers to royalty, from fish knives to Freemasons: everyday life in Victorian London.

The everyday realities and practical details of life in Elizabethan London - a Sunday Times bestseller.

The everyday realities of life in the city of Hogarth, Fielding and Dr Johnson, by the author of the bestselling Elizabeth's London.

From poverty to pets, medicine to magic, slang to sex and from wallpaper to women's rights - a glorious portrait of life in London from 1660-70, by the bestselling author of Elizabeth's London.