Set in a Silver SeaDoubleday, 1968 - 359 pages A social history of England from the days of the first Stuart king, James, when England was largely an agricultural and rural country, through the reign of Queen Victoria, when England had become the world's foremost industrial and Imperial giant. |
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... London's growth , stimulated it . The new brick houses that arose in the devastated areas were so much more handsome and commodious than the old that property owners whose houses had not been burnt became anxious to rebuild . Moreover ...
... London's growth , stimulated it . The new brick houses that arose in the devastated areas were so much more handsome and commodious than the old that property owners whose houses had not been burnt became anxious to rebuild . Moreover ...
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... London . P. Egan , Life in London ( 1821 ed . ) . Lockhart . J. G. Lockhart , Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott . 1837 . Lord Coleridge . Lord Coleridge , The Story of a Devonshire House . 1905 . Lucas . W. Lucas , A Quaker's ...
... London . P. Egan , Life in London ( 1821 ed . ) . Lockhart . J. G. Lockhart , Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott . 1837 . Lord Coleridge . Lord Coleridge , The Story of a Devonshire House . 1905 . Lucas . W. Lucas , A Quaker's ...
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... London churches , 21 , 26 , 32 , 165 , 287 London City Corporation , 25 , 216 , 286 London County Council , 286 , 320 London Fire of , 27-9 , 31 , 165 , 215 , 225 London fogs , 25 , 193 , 293-4 London gardens , 24 , 26 , 27 , 29 , 36 ...
... London churches , 21 , 26 , 32 , 165 , 287 London City Corporation , 25 , 216 , 286 London County Council , 286 , 320 London Fire of , 27-9 , 31 , 165 , 215 , 225 London fogs , 25 , 193 , 293-4 London gardens , 24 , 26 , 27 , 29 , 36 ...
Contents
The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital 15 1 2000 | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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