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 67
... Prince Rupert and Marston Moor . And since horses and inns went together , he was generally something of a jockey , and , like good Mr. Hunt of the " Three Cranes , " Doncaster , was fond of talking horses . And with good fare for mind ...
... Prince Rupert and Marston Moor . And since horses and inns went together , he was generally something of a jockey , and , like good Mr. Hunt of the " Three Cranes , " Doncaster , was fond of talking horses . And with good fare for mind ...
Page 159
... Prince Regent - before he let down his belly - on his ground at Brighton , by the aristocracy who liked to gamble over it , and by the young farmers and labour- ers of almost every south country village . At East Burnham , until the ...
... Prince Regent - before he let down his belly - on his ground at Brighton , by the aristocracy who liked to gamble over it , and by the young farmers and labour- ers of almost every south country village . At East Burnham , until the ...
Page 356
... Prince , 194 , 202 Punch , 223 , 226 , 273 , 274 Purdy , Tom , 158 Purefoy family , 78 Pwllheli , 107 Quarterly , the , 222 Queen's Hunt , 225 Quorn , the , 148 , 149 Raeburn , Sir Henry , 95 , 177 Randall , Jack , 149 Raumer , Herr ...
... Prince , 194 , 202 Punch , 223 , 226 , 273 , 274 Purdy , Tom , 158 Purefoy family , 78 Pwllheli , 107 Quarterly , the , 222 Queen's Hunt , 225 Quorn , the , 148 , 149 Raeburn , Sir Henry , 95 , 177 Randall , Jack , 149 Raumer , Herr ...
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The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital 15 12 253 | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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