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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Page 58
... black cattle that browsed in the meadows by Yare and Waveney , while its eastern marshes fattened the runts of the north which were driven there on their annual trek to the London markets . The dairy - lands were Cheshire - the vale ...
... black cattle that browsed in the meadows by Yare and Waveney , while its eastern marshes fattened the runts of the north which were driven there on their annual trek to the London markets . The dairy - lands were Cheshire - the vale ...
Page 134
... black silk gowns ; sailors in reefer jackets with mother - of - pearl buttons , straw hats and loose white canvas trousers ; mechanics in striped shirts and leather aprons ; gamekeepers in green coats and gold - laced hats ; drovers in ...
... black silk gowns ; sailors in reefer jackets with mother - of - pearl buttons , straw hats and loose white canvas trousers ; mechanics in striped shirts and leather aprons ; gamekeepers in green coats and gold - laced hats ; drovers in ...
Page 137
... black and white mansion of Lady Shelley's Lancashire childhood with the family arms carved in stone over the door , or the old hall at Middleton built of plaster and framework , with its massive beams and black oak carvings and walls ...
... black and white mansion of Lady Shelley's Lancashire childhood with the family arms carved in stone over the door , or the old hall at Middleton built of plaster and framework , with its massive beams and black oak carvings and walls ...
Contents
The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital 15 12 253 | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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