A History of Britain, Volume 3BBC, 2002 - 576 pagina's "The story opens on the eve of a bloody revolution, but not a British one. The French Revolution never quite crossed the Channel, though its spirit of fiery defiance and Romantic idealism did, sparking off a round of radical revolts and reforms that gathered momentum over the coming century - from the Irish Rebellion to the Chartist Petition. The great question of the Victorian century was how the world's first industrial society could come through its growing pains without falling apart in social and political conflict. Would the machine age destroy or strengthen the institutions that held Britain together, from the family to the farm? And if the British Empire helped to make Britain stable and rich, did it live up to its promise to help the ruled as well as the rulers? On the way to answering these questions, The Fate of Empire makes stops at both celebrations, like the Great Exhibition, and catastrophes, like the Irish potato famine and the Indian Mutiny. Amidst the military and economic shocks and traumas of the 20[superscript th] century, and through the voices of Churchill, Orwell and H. G. Wells, it asks the question that is still with us - is the immense weight of our history a blessing or a curse, a gift or a millstone around the neck of our future?"--BOOK JACKET. |
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... king's death ' . Three days later the first trial , that of Thomas Hardy , opened . Jostling crowds surrounded the Old Bailey . They weren't there to cheer on the prosecution . For nine hours the Attorney - General , Sir John Scott ...
... king's death ' . Three days later the first trial , that of Thomas Hardy , opened . Jostling crowds surrounded the Old Bailey . They weren't there to cheer on the prosecution . For nine hours the Attorney - General , Sir John Scott ...
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... king - he had served for decades in the Royal Navy - went down well . But the new king squandered much of that popularity by his entrenched and publicly declared opposition to parliamentary reform . It did not , moreover , go unnoticed ...
... king - he had served for decades in the Royal Navy - went down well . But the new king squandered much of that popularity by his entrenched and publicly declared opposition to parliamentary reform . It did not , moreover , go unnoticed ...
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... king may have been surprised to hear that it was not the good egg , the sound Lord Halifax whom both he and queen liked and who had been a shooting regular at Balmoral . It was Churchill who kissed the king's hands the next afternoon on ...
... king may have been surprised to hear that it was not the good egg , the sound Lord Halifax whom both he and queen liked and who had been a shooting regular at Balmoral . It was Churchill who kissed the king's hands the next afternoon on ...
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