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A HISTORY OF LONDON - WALTER BESANT KARTONIERT ...

'In the year 1108 B.C.  Brutus  a descendant of Æneas  who was the son of Venus  came to
England with his companions  after the taking of Troy  and founded the City of Troynovant 
which is now called London. After a thousand years  during which the City grew and flourished
exceedingly  one Lud became its king. He built walls and towers  and  among other things  the
famous gate whose name still survives in the street called Ludgate. King Lud was succeeded by
his brother Cassivelaunus  in whose time happened the invasion of the Romans under Julius
Cæsar. Troynovant  or London  then became a Roman city. It was newly fortified by Helena 
mother of Constantine the Great.' Reprint of the textbook on the history of London  from the
foundation to the reign of George II  illustrated with many pictures and maps. Originally
published in 1894.

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