A history of England.
by Ackroyd, Peter.
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BookPublisher: London : Macmillan, 2018Description: x, 387 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (colour) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780230706439 (hbk.) :; 0230706436 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 941.073 ACKSubject(s): History | History | Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 | Great Britain -- History -- 1800-1837Summary: The penultimate volume of Peter Ackroyd's masterful 'History of England' series, 'Dominion' begins in 1815 as national glory following the Battle of Waterloo gives way to post-war depression, spanning the last years of the Regency to the death of Queen Victoria in January 1901. In it, Ackroyd takes us from the accession of the profligate George IV whose government was steered by Lord Liverpool, who was firmly set against reform, to the reign of his brother, William IV, the 'Sailor King', whose reign saw the modernization of the political system and the abolition of slavery.
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| 941.066 PIC Lady Bette and the murder of Mr Thynn | 941.066 SPE To catch a king / | 941.0709 BRA The fall of the House of Byron : scandal and seduction in Georgian England / | 941.073 ACK A history of England. | 941.073 DAY The game of hearts / | 941.073 FRA Princesses: the daughters of George III | 941.08 WIL Heyday : Britain and the birth of the modern world / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The penultimate volume of Peter Ackroyd's masterful 'History of England' series, 'Dominion' begins in 1815 as national glory following the Battle of Waterloo gives way to post-war depression, spanning the last years of the Regency to the death of Queen Victoria in January 1901. In it, Ackroyd takes us from the accession of the profligate George IV whose government was steered by Lord Liverpool, who was firmly set against reform, to the reign of his brother, William IV, the 'Sailor King', whose reign saw the modernization of the political system and the abolition of slavery.
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