Johnson's Life of London: The People who Made the City that Made the World

Author / Editor
Johnson, Boris.

Title
Johnson's Life of London: The People who Made the City that Made the World

Published
New York: Riverhead, 2012.

Physical Description
320 pp.

Description
The mayor of London reviews the history of London from the Celts to the present, organizing each developmental period around an historical person. The chapter on the later Middle Ages features Chaucer's connection to London, including his dwelling in Aldgate and the likelihood that he witnessed the end of Wat Tyler's rebellion.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Life