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. In that at first unrealised victory for Europe - for it took nearly a century before its full effects ... took up arms against both the hereditary monarchy and the Anglican Church and , after a bloody civil war , abolished ...
Arthur Bryant. In that at first unrealised victory for Europe - for it took nearly a century before its full effects ... took up arms against both the hereditary monarchy and the Anglican Church and , after a bloody civil war , abolished ...
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... took in his stride . One did it with courage and good humour , and then the monster -which , being English itself , respected courage and good nature- did no great harm . True in 1780 the London mob surrounded the Houses of Parliament , ...
... took in his stride . One did it with courage and good humour , and then the monster -which , being English itself , respected courage and good nature- did no great harm . True in 1780 the London mob surrounded the Houses of Parliament , ...
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... took the law into their own hands . " 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 ...
... took the law into their own hands . " 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 ...
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The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital 15 12 253 | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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