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Spitalfields

Dan Cruickshank

2016512 pagesabout 8–12 hours
2016
first published
  • 2016Penguin Random House · 512 pages · ENGISBN 9781847947079
  • 2016Penguin Random House · 512 pages · ENGISBN 9781448164561
  • 2017Random House UK · 784 pagesISBN 9780099559092

Religious strife, civil conflict, waves of immigration, the rise and fall of industry, great prosperity and grinding poverty - the handful of streets that constitute modern Spitalfields have witnessed all this and much more. Now long-time Spitalfields resident Dan Cruickshank tells the story of his neighbourhood, from Roman times to the present day, explaining how its streets evolved, what people have lived there, and what lives they have led.

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