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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In that at first unrealised victory for Europe - for it took nearly a century before its full effects were felt - the Protestant maritime nations with Atlantic seaboards followed where the Catholic ones had led .
In that at first unrealised victory for Europe - for it took nearly a century before its full effects were felt - the Protestant maritime nations with Atlantic seaboards followed where the Catholic ones had led .
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The merchant captains and seamen who trafficked with the Mediterranean ports took their lives in their hands , and suffered more perils than those of the Atlantic waves . From Sallee , Algiers and Tripoli issued the Moorish corsairs ...
The merchant captains and seamen who trafficked with the Mediterranean ports took their lives in their hands , and suffered more perils than those of the Atlantic waves . From Sallee , Algiers and Tripoli issued the Moorish corsairs ...
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Every year the tea - clippers - the fastest sailing ships ever made by human hands - took part in the famous race from Foochow to London river to win the £ 600 bonus for the first cargo of the season to reach the English market .
Every year the tea - clippers - the fastest sailing ships ever made by human hands - took part in the famous race from Foochow to London river to win the £ 600 bonus for the first cargo of the season to reach the English market .
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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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