A01=Helen Esmonde
A01=Margaret Willes
Author_Helen Esmonde
Author_Margaret Willes
Category=NHTB
City Livery Companies
City of London
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Finance
forthcoming
London
Product details
- ISBN 9781800814882
- Weight: 1040g
- Dimensions: 192 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 10 Sep 2026
- Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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'A fascinating and beautifully illustrated book about the Livery Companies ... a must-buy for anyone with an interest in the history of the City' -Vincent Keaveny CBE, former Lord Mayor of the City of London
The City Unlocked traces the history of the City of London through portraits of the individual Livery Companies from the medieval trades of the Drapers, Mercers and Goldsmiths, through to the professions of the present day, such as the Information Technologists and Tax Advisers. It shows how the development of the Companies mirrors the economic history of the City, and the nation as a whole.
Working closely with the Companies themselves, the authors reveal the hidden histories, customs and origins of each Company. Entries are illustrated with treasures taken from the Companies' archives, some seen or photographed for the first time.
Written by two City insiders both liverymen of the Stationers' Company, The City Unlocked provides fascinating accounts of individual Companies and a new perspective on the economic history of the City of London.
A former Publisher at the National Trust, Margaret Willes is the author of The Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn, The Gardens of the British Working Class and In the Shadow of St Paul's Cathedral, a history of the area around St Paul's and its famous churchyard. Her latest book is Liberty Over London Bridge: A History of the People of Southwark.
Helen Esmonde ran Esmonde Publishing for 30 years and is a former Master of the Stationers' Company.
