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It is one of the pleasures of Waterloo Sunrise that it leaps from race and urban reorganization to fashion and fun. Mr. Davis is a wizard of the archives. The general reader will delight in his excavation of local newspapers in pursuit of treasures that illuminate whatever topic is under discussion, while diligent trawls through government reports are for a more specialized audience. ---James Campbell, Wall Street Journal John Davis charts the complexities of these important decades in London's recent history with great brilliance .... a sure footed and unrivalled guide ---Jerry White, Times Literary Supplement Davis is a magnificent tour guide for the world he has reconstructed ---Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, London Review of Books Entertaining and affecting ---John Gapper, Financial Times This is an engrossing, scholarly account of a time when London was in transformation . . . and one that will interest Londoners and non-Londoners alike. ---Martin Chilton, The Independent Like the Kinks classic to which the title playfully alludes, Waterloo Sunrise is infectious, full of human detail, and generous in its narrative sweep. ---Matthew D'Ancona, Tortoise Media

This is an engrossing, scholarly account of a time when London was in transformation . . . and one that will interest Londoners and non-Londoners alike. ---Martin Chilton, The Independent Like the Kinks classic to which the title playfully alludes, Waterloo Sunrise is infectious, full of human detail, and generous in its narrative sweep. ---Matthew D'Ancona, Tortoise Media

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John Davis is emeritus fellow in modern history and politics at The Queen's College, University of Oxford, and the author of Reforming London: The London Government Problem, 18551900 and A History of Britain, 18851939.

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