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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Arthur Bryant. CHAPTER 2 Pepys's London AROUND THE LONDON of 1660 there were still walls , thirty - five feet high in places , with bastions and gates through which King Hal had ridden two and a half centuries before on his return from ...
Arthur Bryant. CHAPTER 2 Pepys's London AROUND THE LONDON of 1660 there were still walls , thirty - five feet high in places , with bastions and gates through which King Hal had ridden two and a half centuries before on his return from ...
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... London's growth , stimulated it . The new brick 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 ...
... London's growth , stimulated it . The new brick 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 ...
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... London City Corporation , 25 , 216 , 286 London County Council , 286 , 320 London Fire of , 27–9 , 31 , 165 , 215 , 225 London fogs , 25 , 193 , 293-4 London gardens , 24 , 26 , 27 , 29 , 36 , 182 , 192 , 215 , 217 , 224 London gates , 22 , ...
... London City Corporation , 25 , 216 , 286 London County Council , 286 , 320 London Fire of , 27–9 , 31 , 165 , 215 , 225 London fogs , 25 , 193 , 293-4 London gardens , 24 , 26 , 27 , 29 , 36 , 182 , 192 , 215 , 217 , 224 London gates , 22 , ...
Contents
The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital 15 12 253 | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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