BOOK II

THE GREAT CITY WHICH THE RIVER MADE

I. HOW THE RIVER FOUNDED THE CITY 123

II. HOW THE CITY GREW (ROMAN DAYS) 130

III. HOW THE CITY GREW (SAXON DAYS) 137

IV. HOW THE CITY GREW (NORMAN DAYS) 143

V. THE RIVER’S FIRST BRIDGE 147

VI. HOW THE CITY GREW (IN THE MIDDLE AGES) 157

VII. THE TOWER OF LONDON 166

VIII. HOW FIRE DESTROYED WHAT THE RIVER HAD MADE 181

IX. THE RIVERSIDE AND ITS PALACES 193

X. ROYAL WESTMINSTER—THE ABBEY 209

XI. ROYAL WESTMINSTER—THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT 220

XII. THE RIVERSIDE OF TO-DAY 227