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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Arthur Bryant. CHAPTER 1 Approach to the Capital ONE USUALLY APPROACHED her from the French shore , travelling in the packet - boat from Calais . The drawbacks were much as to - day , only more acute , for not only was ... Capital 15 1 2000.
Arthur Bryant. CHAPTER 1 Approach to the Capital ONE USUALLY APPROACHED her from the French shore , travelling in the packet - boat from Calais . The drawbacks were much as to - day , only more acute , for not only was ... Capital 15 1 2000.
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... capital back in interest every other year for half a century . The first Sir Robert Peel , a dispossessed yeoman's son who invested in a few of the early spinning jennies , left nearly a million sterling . A Bristol merchant , worth at ...
... capital back in interest every other year for half a century . The first Sir Robert Peel , a dispossessed yeoman's son who invested in a few of the early spinning jennies , left nearly a million sterling . A Bristol merchant , worth at ...
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... capital invested on them , nothing was spent on appearance . The factory buildings were shabby and ugly , and added at different times without attempt at design or reference to convenience or beauty . Industrial capital was only ...
... capital invested on them , nothing was spent on appearance . The factory buildings were shabby and ugly , and added at different times without attempt at design or reference to convenience or beauty . Industrial capital was only ...
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The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital 15 1 2000 | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
Copyright | |
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