Dominion: The History of England from the Battle of Waterloo to Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
Ackroyd, as always, is well worth the read. -Kirkus, starred reviewDominion, the fifth volume of Peter Ackroyd's masterful History of England, begins in 1815 as national glory following the Battle of Waterloo gives way to a post-war depression and ends with the death of Queen Victoria in January 1901.Spanning the end of the Regency, Ackroyd takes readers from the accession of the profligate George IV whose government was steered by Lord Liverpool, whose face was set against reform, to the 'Sailor King' William IV whose reign saw the modernization of the political system and the abolition of slavery. But it was the accession of Queen Victoria,…
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- ISBN: 978-1-250-00365-2
- EAN: 9781250003652
- Produktnummer: 25399001
- Verlag: Thomas Dunne Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 400 S.
- Masse: H24.4 cm x B16.7 cm x D4.0 cm 649 g
- Gewicht: 649
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