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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Page 85
... shire were the elite of the House and carried far more weight than could be explained by their numbers . When they were united - an event however which only happened in a time of national emergency - no Government could long withstand ...
... shire were the elite of the House and carried far more weight than could be explained by their numbers . When they were united - an event however which only happened in a time of national emergency - no Government could long withstand ...
Page 109
... shire . Everywhere , as one travelled this rich , ancient land , one saw the continuity and natural growth of a community that had never known invasion and where the new , not confined as on the con- tinent by fortifications , had been ...
... shire . Everywhere , as one travelled this rich , ancient land , one saw the continuity and natural growth of a community that had never known invasion and where the new , not confined as on the con- tinent by fortifications , had been ...
Page 186
... shire , christened his son Richard Plantagenet Nugent Bridges Tem- ple . The feudal fuss at times was almost intolerable . When the Duke of Atholl's heir was born at Alnwick - his mother's home - no bells were rung in the castle for a ...
... shire , christened his son Richard Plantagenet Nugent Bridges Tem- ple . The feudal fuss at times was almost intolerable . When the Duke of Atholl's heir was born at Alnwick - his mother's home - no bells were rung in the castle for a ...
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The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital 15 1 2000 | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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