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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... government . At the Restoration it was hoped that they might be induced to conform to a creed which in its essential beliefs differed little from their own , but their dislike of bishops proved too strong . In 1662 over a thousand ...
... government . At the Restoration it was hoped that they might be induced to conform to a creed which in its essential beliefs differed little from their own , but their dislike of bishops proved too strong . In 1662 over a thousand ...
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... government of Britain . On its walls hung the pictures which Charles I had collected and his enemies dispersed , and which his son had partly reassembled . Here they made a kind of national picture gallery , for the place was open to ...
... government of Britain . On its walls hung the pictures which Charles I had collected and his enemies dispersed , and which his son had partly reassembled . Here they made a kind of national picture gallery , for the place was open to ...
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... Government Act ( 1888 ) , 320 Praemunire , Acts of , 9 Public Health Act ( 1876 ) , 308 Trades Disputes Act ( 1906 ) , 310 Union , Act of ( Ireland ) , 106 Workmens ' ( 1897 ) , 311 Compensation Act Local Government , 15 , 48 , 65 , 69 ...
... Government Act ( 1888 ) , 320 Praemunire , Acts of , 9 Public Health Act ( 1876 ) , 308 Trades Disputes Act ( 1906 ) , 310 Union , Act of ( Ireland ) , 106 Workmens ' ( 1897 ) , 311 Compensation Act Local Government , 15 , 48 , 65 , 69 ...
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The Breach with Rome 7 | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
Copyright | |
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