{"product_id":"london","title":"London","description":"\u003cp\u003eA sweeping epic novel about the very heart of Great Britain, spanning nearly two thousand years of the city’s history through the lives of several families whose descendants continue to cross paths against the backdrop of changing eras.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe novel traces the rise of London from the ancient Roman settlement of Londinium to the modern metropolis, revealing both its bright and its dark ages, its long road to democracy, and even the emergence of the very concept of impeachment as early as the fourteenth century. Readers will witness how monarchs repeatedly lost ground in their struggle with Parliament, how the Bank of England was founded, how national debt was invented, why Shakespeare never printed his own works, and even how the tradition of the wedding cake came into being.\u003cbr\u003eAll of these large-scale historical processes and small cultural details are presented through the lives of ordinary Britons: members of several families gain fortunes and lose them, marry for passionate love or cold calculation, search for treasure and a missing earl’s heir, fight for their country’s freedom and for women’s rights. The novel’s characters represent every social class — from kings and aristocrats to merchants, craftsmen, and ordinary townspeople — and it is through their personal dramas and joys that the author paints the grand history of London in a way that feels vivid, relatable, and deeply human.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ukrainian Pages","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52426919969070,"sku":null,"price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/2385\/9758\/files\/DSCF4322_25f0ec2b-fd2d-45f7-84f1-fbb492f02e71.jpg?v=1791595979","url":"https:\/\/ukrainian-pages.com\/en\/products\/london","provider":"Ukrainian Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}