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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... the late troubles , lying in ruins , and , on the lawns that stretched before the Queen's House which Inigo Jones had built under the hill , a new palace of white stone rising by the waterside . Then , in 20 SET IN A SILVER SEA.
... the late troubles , lying in ruins , and , on the lawns that stretched before the Queen's House which Inigo Jones had built under the hill , a new palace of white stone rising by the waterside . Then , in 20 SET IN A SILVER SEA.
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... Rising above the houses of rich and poor alike were the churches . The sky of the city , as one saw it from the southern bank , was pierced by over a hundred spires and , dominating all , the nave and tower of St. Paul's . The spire of ...
... Rising above the houses of rich and poor alike were the churches . The sky of the city , as one saw it from the southern bank , was pierced by over a hundred spires and , dominating all , the nave and tower of St. Paul's . The spire of ...
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... rising standard of social expense set by rich neighbours . But he was still to be found in considerable numbers in the remoter parts of the country - particularly in Devonshire , Wales and Clun Forest , in the Fens , and in the ...
... rising standard of social expense set by rich neighbours . But he was still to be found in considerable numbers in the remoter parts of the country - particularly in Devonshire , Wales and Clun Forest , in the Fens , and in the ...
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The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital 15 1 2000 | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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