When young David Salomons heard the story of Dick Whittington, he told his father the sound of Bow Bells also had a meaning for him-that he too would become Lord Mayor of London. It seemed an unattainable ambition, because in England of the early nineteenth century Jews were barred from many public offices. The struggle of David Salomons and of his friends for equal rights, his service as Lord Mayor and other offices, his being made a Baronet by Queen Victoria is told with color and excitement. Sound of Bow Bells brings to the reader a vivid picture of nineteenth century London and especially the warm home life of this typical Jewish family to which David Salomons was proud to belong.

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