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Restoration London by Liza Picard (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003)
Picard constructs an enthralling picture of 17th-century London, using contemporary sources such as diaries, memoirs, advice books and government archives.
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The London Rich: The creation of a great city, from 1666 to the present by Peter Thorold (Penguin, 2001). Out of print; may be available from libraries or second-hand bookshops.
Looks at the re-building of London after the Great Fire and provides an understanding of British social history from 1666 to the present.
Samuel Pepys: A life by Stephen Coote (Sceptre, 2001)
Examines the career and private life of the famous diarist. Illuminates the politics of his time and events such as the Fire of London, the Dutch wars, the Great Plague and the brief but fateful reign of James II.
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His Invention So Fertile: A life of Christopher Wren by Adrian Tinniswood (Pimlico, 2002)
Wren was a key player in the reconstruction following the Great Fire of London and created the most enduring of all the city's monuments, St Paul's Cathedral.
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Websites
HyeperHistory Online
www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
2,000 files covering 3,000 years of world history, navigable via a
timemap that shows what was happening where in the world at any given
time. Sections include 'People', 'History', 'Events' and 'Maps'.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
www.fordham.edu/halsall/
Contains collections of historical texts that aim at a more 'holistic'
approach to world history.
History On-Line: Seventeenth-century Resources
www.history.ac.uk/ihr/Resources/
Period/seventeenth.html
Portal site with extensive links to sites mainly concerned with European
and North American history.
Books
Historical Atlas of Britain: The end of the Middle Ages to the Georgian era by Jeremy Black (Sutton, 2000)
Traces the social and cultural history of Britain from the early 15th to the late 18th century. Themes include wealth and status, agriculture and rural society, town and industry, population and the family, religion and education.
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1688: A global history by John E Wills (Granta, 2002)
A survey of the world during the year of the Glorious Revolution. A readable and informative panorama.
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The New Penguin History of the World by J M Roberts (Penguin, 2004)
An updated and revised edition of this survey of world history. The book contains 90 maps and gives a sound account of 17th-century events.
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The Perspective of the World: Civilization and capitalism 15th-18th century (vol. 3) by Fernand Braudel, translated by Sian Reynolds (Columbia University Press, 1992). Out of print; may be available from libraries or second-hand bookshops.
Detailed but readable, a fascinating and classic account of the growth of the world economy, written from a European perspective. With many illustrations.
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic change and military conflict from 1500 to 2000 by Paul Kennedy (Fontana, 1989)
New account of the economic and political relationship between Europe and the great empires of the rest of the world.
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The Rise of the West: A history of the human community, with a retrospective essay by William H McNeill (University of Chicago Press, 1991)
Classic account of the relationship between Europe and the great empires of the rest of the world.
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