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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... earl of Bridgewater employed Wyatt to build in place of the older Ash- ridge , the central staircase , flanked with ... Earl and Countess of Bridgewater . Beneath these stalls are the seats for servants . . . . In this chapel was ...
... earl of Bridgewater employed Wyatt to build in place of the older Ash- ridge , the central staircase , flanked with ... Earl and Countess of Bridgewater . Beneath these stalls are the seats for servants . . . . In this chapel was ...
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... Earl of Aberdeen . 1923 . Ackerman , Microcosm of London . 1808-10 . Add . MSS . Additional MSS . British Museum . Ailesbury . Thomas Bruce , Earl of Ailesbury , Memoirs , 2 vols . 1890 . Alken . H. Alken , The National Sports of Great ...
... Earl of Aberdeen . 1923 . Ackerman , Microcosm of London . 1808-10 . Add . MSS . Additional MSS . British Museum . Ailesbury . Thomas Bruce , Earl of Ailesbury , Memoirs , 2 vols . 1890 . Alken . H. Alken , The National Sports of Great ...
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... Earl of Ilchester ) . 1923 . Howell . J. Howell , Londonopolis . 1657 . Howitt . W. Howitt , The Boy's Country Book . 1839 . Jekyll and Jones . J. Jekyll and S. R. Jones , Old English Household Life . 1939 . Johnny Newcome . The ...
... Earl of Ilchester ) . 1923 . Howell . J. Howell , Londonopolis . 1657 . Howitt . W. Howitt , The Boy's Country Book . 1839 . Jekyll and Jones . J. Jekyll and S. R. Jones , Old English Household Life . 1939 . Johnny Newcome . The ...
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The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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