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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... town , the spires of ancient churches silhouetted in the moonlight . Classically - minded young ladies , passing through such places , were reminded in their journals of " the realms of Plutus . " 1 1 Wynne III 343. The author of A ...
... town , the spires of ancient churches silhouetted in the moonlight . Classically - minded young ladies , passing through such places , were reminded in their journals of " the realms of Plutus . " 1 1 Wynne III 343. The author of A ...
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... town . “ Wodgate had the appearance of a vast squalid suburb . . . There were no public buildings of any sort ; no churches , chapels , town - hall , institute , theatre ; and the principal streets in the heart of the town in which were ...
... town . “ Wodgate had the appearance of a vast squalid suburb . . . There were no public buildings of any sort ; no churches , chapels , town - hall , institute , theatre ; and the principal streets in the heart of the town in which were ...
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... town to town . The England of Winchester and Canterbury and Chester was a thing of the past . The England of smoking Rotherham and Hull and colonial Crewe had arrived . This revolution in transport came with an extraordinary rapidity ...
... town to town . The England of Winchester and Canterbury and Chester was a thing of the past . The England of smoking Rotherham and Hull and colonial Crewe had arrived . This revolution in transport came with an extraordinary rapidity ...
Contents
The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital 15 1 2000 | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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