In these times : living in Britain through Napoleon's wars, 1793-1815 /

by Uglow, Jennifer S.

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BookPublisher: London : Faber & Faber, 2014Description: ix, 740 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780571269525 (hbk.) :; 0571269524 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 941.073 UGLSubject(s): Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain | Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century | Great Britain -- History -- George III, 1760-1820 | History | HistorySummary: We know the thrilling, terrible stories of the battles of the Napoleonic wars - but what of those left behind? The people on a Norfolk farm, in a Yorkshire mill, a Welsh iron foundry, an Irish village, a London bank or a Scottish mountain? The aristocrats and paupers, old and young, butchers and bakers and candlestick makers - how did the war touch their lives? Jenny Uglow follows the gripping back-and-forth of the first global war, but turns the news upside down, seeing how it reached the people.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

We know the thrilling, terrible stories of the battles of the Napoleonic wars - but what of those left behind? The people on a Norfolk farm, in a Yorkshire mill, a Welsh iron foundry, an Irish village, a London bank or a Scottish mountain? The aristocrats and paupers, old and young, butchers and bakers and candlestick makers - how did the war touch their lives? Jenny Uglow follows the gripping back-and-forth of the first global war, but turns the news upside down, seeing how it reached the people.

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