About the Book: Birth of a Global City: London in a Revolutionary World,
1789-1815
How the turmoil of revolution and war created the London we know today the
worlds first truly global city.
The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars changed London beyond recognition,
turning it into the capital of the world the centre of international finance and
trade. Victory over France in 1815 ushered in the 'British Century: the next
hundred years would be defined by Britains capitalist innovation and financial
might, naval supremacy and imperial ambition.
In this brilliant portrait of these pivotal years, Jerry White looks at how
revolution and war