John Marriott is emeritus professor of history at the Raphael Samuel History Centre, University of East London.
"[A] major achievement."—Euan Ferguson, Time Out
*Time Out*
“[S]uperb…”—Stephen Howe, The Independent
*The Independent*
"Perhaps the International Olympic Committee officials should read
this terrific book as their chauffeured cars purr up and down the
commandeered streets of Whitechapel next year."—Sinclair Mckay, The
Daily Telegraph
*The Daily Telegraph*
“East London’s turbulent story as an area always culturally and
economically on the fringe (and for centuries beyond legislative
reach thanks to the city wall) is mapped out in frequently
fascinating detail in this rather good history…..John Marriott
convincingly suggests that the east’s identity has always been
distorted by its mythologies.”—Claire Allfree, Metro (London)
*Metro (London)*
“[Marriott] is at his most perceptive and sympathetic in his
accounts of the struggles of the working people in the East End and
its age-old role as the nursery of the waves of immigrants who have
enriched British society...”—Tim Knox, Country Life
*Country Life*
“Marriott’s new history of the East End, Beyond The Tower is an
expert guide to the area. The author gives an authoritative
overview of East London’s history that is scholarly and lucid,
handling complex economic and demographic issues with impressive
clarity…..The narrative is enriched by descriptions of the vivid
personalities and vital culture of East Enders…..Marriott’s book
gives us a fuller portrait of the communities of East London.”—Otto
Saumarez Smith
*Otto Saumarez Smith*
“…..gripping….I hope we will see more of this: a new focus on East
London encouraging a serious look at our history.”—Stephen Timms
MP
*Stephen Timms MP*
“….. [Marriott] is at his most perceptive and sympathetic in his
accounts of the struggles of the working people in the East End and
its age-old role as the nursery of the waves of immigrants who have
enriched British society: Huguenot weavers, Jews from Germany,
Poland and Russia, the ‘lascars’ and Chinese of the Docks, and in
more recent years, refugees from the former colonies of the British
Empire, especially India.”—Tim Knox, Country Life
*Country Life*
“….he has done a brilliant job of gazing past the theme-park
standbys (from Jack the Ripper to the Krays) to give us a portrait
of an area that once more – as in the 17th and 18th centuries –
contains pockets of wealth, as well as steep poverty. The
difference now is that the wealth is clustered upon the river’s
edge, where once lascars, street children and old men and women
struggled daily to survive. Perhaps the International Olympic
Committee officials should read this terrific book as their
chauffeured cars purr up and down the commandeered streets of
Whitechapel next year.”—Sinclair Mckay, The Daily Telegraph
*The Daily Telegraph*
“[it has] juicy details throughout…Start reading now and come the
Olympics, you’ll be able to reel off anecdotes with the best of
them.” —James Pallister, Architects Journal
*Architects Journal*
"Erudite but readable, this history of East London in its mutinous
variety traces the flow of change in glorious detail."—Boyd Tonkin,
The Independent
*The Independent*
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