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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The Marquis of Buckingham in his white pillared palace at Stowe was only the first gentleman in Buckinghamshire , the social equal , if political superior , of the Verneys , Chetwodes , Drakes , Purefoys and other humbler squires .
The Marquis of Buckingham in his white pillared palace at Stowe was only the first gentleman in Buckinghamshire , the social equal , if political superior , of the Verneys , Chetwodes , Drakes , Purefoys and other humbler squires .
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When the Governor - General of Canada , the Duke of Richmond , learnt that he was suffering from hydrophobia , he never breathed a word of his impending doom , but performed his social duties with the same calm and dignified bearing to ...
When the Governor - General of Canada , the Duke of Richmond , learnt that he was suffering from hydrophobia , he never breathed a word of his impending doom , but performed his social duties with the same calm and dignified bearing to ...
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The urge for social reform was spontaneous and its first fruits were voluntary and unofficial . It took the form of numberless remedial activities of a private or only semi - public 260 SET IN A SILVER SEA.
The urge for social reform was spontaneous and its first fruits were voluntary and unofficial . It took the form of numberless remedial activities of a private or only semi - public 260 SET IN A SILVER SEA.
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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 California |
| Digitized | 26 May 2007 |
| Length | 359 pages |
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