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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hands as they lay there blinded by the thickness of the waters.1 To those who took the foul language and rough humour of the watermen as part of the game , the river was full of delight . There were the gilded barges of the king and ...
hands as they lay there blinded by the thickness of the waters.1 To those who took the foul language and rough humour of the watermen as part of the game , the river was full of delight . There were the gilded barges of the king and ...
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For nearly half a mile it stretched along the river , a warren of galleries , apartments and gardens , the home not only of the king but of the ministers of State , servants high and low , courtiers , chaplains , ladies and all the ...
For nearly half a mile it stretched along the river , a warren of galleries , apartments and gardens , the home not only of the king but of the ministers of State , servants high and low , courtiers , chaplains , ladies and all the ...
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Since the roads were so bad , much of the heavier merchandise went by river . The wharves of Reading , Maidenhead and Henley shipped Berkshire and Oxfordshire malt and meal on to barges which fed London , taking in return oils ...
Since the roads were so bad , much of the heavier merchandise went by river . The wharves of Reading , Maidenhead and Henley shipped Berkshire and Oxfordshire malt and meal on to barges which fed London , taking in return oils ...
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Contents
The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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| 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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