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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... English , two million Scots and half a million Welsh , and a subordinate one inhabited by five million Catholic ... English and the thrifty , tenacious Scots . The difference was partly one of climate , partly of religion , economics and ...
... English , two million Scots and half a million Welsh , and a subordinate one inhabited by five million Catholic ... English and the thrifty , tenacious Scots . The difference was partly one of climate , partly of religion , economics and ...
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... English Spy . " B. Blackmantle " . The English Spy ( 1907 ed . ) . Ernle . Lord Ernle , English Farming Past and Present . 1912 . Espriella . R. Southey , Letters from England by Don Manuel Alvarez Espriella . 1807 . Evelyn . John ...
... English Spy . " B. Blackmantle " . The English Spy ( 1907 ed . ) . Ernle . Lord Ernle , English Farming Past and Present . 1912 . Espriella . R. Southey , Letters from England by Don Manuel Alvarez Espriella . 1807 . Evelyn . John ...
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... English Diaries . 1923 . Porter . G. L. Porter , The Progress of the Nation . 1851 . Postman's Horn . Arthur Bryant , Postman's Horn . 1936 . Powell . Anthony Powell , John Aubrey and his Friends . 1948 . Prideaux . Letters of Humphrey ...
... English Diaries . 1923 . Porter . G. L. Porter , The Progress of the Nation . 1851 . Postman's Horn . Arthur Bryant , Postman's Horn . 1936 . Powell . Anthony Powell , John Aubrey and his Friends . 1948 . Prideaux . Letters of Humphrey ...
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The Breach with Rome 7 | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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