Author: Cyril Ransome
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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A Short History of England from the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria
Author: Cyril Ransome
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Dominion
Author: Peter Ackroyd
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 150988131X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
Uncover the intricate past of England in Peter Ackroyd's acclaimed volume, Dominion, a crucial part of his sweeping History of England series. This charismatic narrative opens with the aftermath of Waterloo in 1815 and concludes with the death of Queen Victoria in 1901. Ackroyd masterfully recounts the era of George IV, whose rule witnessed staunch resistance to reform, and that of 'Sailor King' William IV, an epoch which marked significant modernisation and the abolition of slavery. When eighteen-year-old Queen Victoria's took the throne, a period of astonishing technological breakthroughs and innovation – such as steam railways and the telegraph. Yet, beneath the progress, Ackroyd unflinchingly reveals the harsh reality of the ordinary working classes mired in poverty whilst the industrial revolution flourishes around them. It was a time that saw a flowering of great literature, too. As the Georgian era gave way to that of Victoria, readers could delight not only in the work of Byron, Shelley and Wordsworth but also the great nineteenth-century novelists: the Brontë sisters, George Eliot, Mrs Gaskell, Thackeray, and, of course, Dickens, whose work has become synonymous with Victorian England. Finally, Ackroyd illustrates the British Empire's global expansion, reflecting Britannia's iron rule over the waves, the shockwaves of which are still felt today.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 150988131X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
Uncover the intricate past of England in Peter Ackroyd's acclaimed volume, Dominion, a crucial part of his sweeping History of England series. This charismatic narrative opens with the aftermath of Waterloo in 1815 and concludes with the death of Queen Victoria in 1901. Ackroyd masterfully recounts the era of George IV, whose rule witnessed staunch resistance to reform, and that of 'Sailor King' William IV, an epoch which marked significant modernisation and the abolition of slavery. When eighteen-year-old Queen Victoria's took the throne, a period of astonishing technological breakthroughs and innovation – such as steam railways and the telegraph. Yet, beneath the progress, Ackroyd unflinchingly reveals the harsh reality of the ordinary working classes mired in poverty whilst the industrial revolution flourishes around them. It was a time that saw a flowering of great literature, too. As the Georgian era gave way to that of Victoria, readers could delight not only in the work of Byron, Shelley and Wordsworth but also the great nineteenth-century novelists: the Brontë sisters, George Eliot, Mrs Gaskell, Thackeray, and, of course, Dickens, whose work has become synonymous with Victorian England. Finally, Ackroyd illustrates the British Empire's global expansion, reflecting Britannia's iron rule over the waves, the shockwaves of which are still felt today.
A Short History of England
Author: Cyril Ransome
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Educational Times
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Educational Times and Journal of the College of Preceptors
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 556
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 556
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The Journal of Education
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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The Educational Times, and Journal of the College of Preceptors
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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The Publisher
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Languages : en
Pages : 864
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Languages : en
Pages : 864
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Education Outlook
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Languages : en
Pages : 544
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Languages : en
Pages : 544
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The Age of Anne
Author: Edward Ellis Morris
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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