Life in eighteenth-century London was hard and especially so for the city's apprentices. For seven long years they struggled for their livelihoods among the fetid houses and sinister quays of old London. But despite their hardships there was hope and even fun.
This compelling story-cycle follows them round the year, through the dark, cold winter nights to midsummer in the city, The lamplighter, the pawnbroker, the midwife or the clockmaker, their stories interweave delightfully to paint a colourful picture of life in London 200 years ago.
- ISBN10 0434940445
- ISBN13 9780434940448
- Publish Date 4 October 1982 (first published 3 April 1978)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 December 1992
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Mammoth
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 316
- Language English