Set in a Silver SeaA 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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... Henry VIII by his apostasy let loose anticlerical forces greater than even he could control . ... attempts to close them of the devout Mary Tudor - daughter of Henry's divorced Spanish wife - only strengthened the flood's force .
... Henry VIII by his apostasy let loose anticlerical forces greater than even he could control . ... attempts to close them of the devout Mary Tudor - daughter of Henry's divorced Spanish wife - only strengthened the flood's force .
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The artificial composition of gardens in England , he noted , like that of her government , abridged only the liberty of doing harm . As there was no adequate standing Army , police force or bureaucracy to secure property and privilege ...
The artificial composition of gardens in England , he noted , like that of her government , abridged only the liberty of doing harm . As there was no adequate standing Army , police force or bureaucracy to secure property and privilege ...
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In practice , until tightened up by increased powers of government inspection and the growing force of organised working - class opinion , the Act was frequently evaded or perverted . Representation on local councils was usually ...
In practice , until tightened up by increased powers of government inspection and the growing force of organised working - class opinion , the Act was frequently evaded or perverted . Representation on local councils was usually ...
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Contents
The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Set in a Silver Sea Anchor A680 Volume 680 of Anchor books Doubleday anchor books English social history |
| Author | Arthur Bryant |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Doubleday, 1968 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 31 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 359 pages |
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