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 105
... continued to fight on and , in the end , with the allies she had financed , armed and helped to liberate , had utterly broken him and his power . Yet for all her immense sacrifices , she had grown richer than ever before . Though it had ...
... continued to fight on and , in the end , with the allies she had financed , armed and helped to liberate , had utterly broken him and his power . Yet for all her immense sacrifices , she had grown richer than ever before . Though it had ...
Page 260
... continued to reiterate the importance of non - interference with the laws of supply and demand . But with the general thinking public the view gained ground that there were limits to the efficacy of laissez - faire , where public health ...
... continued to reiterate the importance of non - interference with the laws of supply and demand . But with the general thinking public the view gained ground that there were limits to the efficacy of laissez - faire , where public health ...
Page 266
... continued industrialisation of their country . In other ways England had become more closely knit internally , as well as better connected with the outer world . The first electric telegraph was tried in 1838 ; eight years later the ...
... continued industrialisation of their country . In other ways England had become more closely knit internally , as well as better connected with the outer world . The first electric telegraph was tried in 1838 ; eight years later the ...
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The Breach with Rome 7 | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
Copyright | |
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