Andrew Saint is Professor of Architectural History at the Bartlett School of Architecture. He was the General Editor of The Survey of London and author of Richard Norman Shaw and Architect and Engineer.
' a virtuoso urban history' - RIBA Journal 'Saint magnificently conveys just how much shifted in the decades he describes. A superb architectural historian, he is of course completely assured in accounting for changing fashions in architecture. But he is equally compelling in his discussion of the impact of the telephone and electric light on London... He writes convincingly about politics as well as about social and cultural life... The outcome of a lifetime's labour, Andrew Saint's London is a triumph.' - Literary Review 'Saint's page-turner chronicle offers an immersive historical perspective on many of the struggles that Londoners are facing today.' - Morning Star