Masters of the Post
The Authorized History of the Royal Mail
The origins of the Post Office go back to the early years of the Tudor monarchy: Brian Tuke, a former King's Bailiff in Sandwich, was acknowledged as the first 'Master of the Posts' by Cardinal Wolsey in 1512, and went on to build up a network of 'postmasters' across England for Henry VIII. Over the following five hundred years the Royal Mail expanded to an unimaginable degree to become the largest employer in the country, and the face of the British state for most people in their everyday lives. But it also faced the demands of an increasingly commercial marketplace. With the election of Margaret Thatcher in 1979, the possibility of privatis…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-14-197322-7
- EAN: 9780141973227
- Produktnummer: 17836038
- Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 880 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 35'547 KB
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Duncan Campbell-Smith
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