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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... house in Chancery Lane " near the " Three Cranes ' , next door to the ' Hole in the Wall , " with " a very handsome garden with a wash house in it , " carrying a rental of fifty - five pounds a year . Rising above the houses of rich and ...
... house in Chancery Lane " near the " Three Cranes ' , next door to the ' Hole in the Wall , " with " a very handsome garden with a wash house in it , " carrying a rental of fifty - five pounds a year . Rising above the houses of rich and ...
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... houses that arose in the devastated areas were so much more handsome and commodious than the old that property owners whose houses had not been burnt became anxious to rebuild . Moreover , many , who had gardens round their houses in ...
... houses that arose in the devastated areas were so much more handsome and commodious than the old that property owners whose houses had not been burnt became anxious to rebuild . Moreover , many , who had gardens round their houses in ...
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... houses of the gentry were princely . Almost every parish pos- sessed at least one fine seat on which successive generations of skilled builders , craftsmen and gardeners had been employed by a connoisseurship which scarcely ever lacked ...
... houses of the gentry were princely . Almost every parish pos- sessed at least one fine seat on which successive generations of skilled builders , craftsmen and gardeners had been employed by a connoisseurship which scarcely ever lacked ...
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The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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