The Resource Revolution : the history of England : from the Battle of the Boyne to the Battle of Waterloo, Peter Ackroyd
Revolution : the history of England : from the Battle of the Boyne to the Battle of Waterloo, Peter Ackroyd
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- Summary
- "In Revolution, Peter Ackroyd takes readers from William of Orange's accession following the Glorious Revolution to the Regency, when the flamboyant Prince of Wales ruled in the stead of his mad father, George III, and England was--again--at war with France, a war that would end with the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. Late Stuart and Georgian England marked the creation of the great pillars of the English state. The Bank of England was founded, as was the stock exchange; the Church of England was fully established as the guardian of the spiritual life of the nation, and parliament became the sovereign body of the nation with responsibilities and duties far beyond those of the monarch. It was a revolutionary era in English letters, too, a time in which newspapers first flourished and the English novel was born. It was an era in which coffee houses and playhouses boomed, gin flowed freely, and in which shops, as we know them today, began to proliferate in towns and villages. But it was also a time of extraordinary and unprecedented technological innovation, which saw England utterly and irrevocably transformed from a country of blue skies and farmland to one of soot and steel and coal"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- ix, 403 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
-
- "First published in Great Britain by Macmillan, an imprint of Pan Macmillan."
- Includes index
- Contents
-
- What do you think of predestination now?
- A bull or a bear?
- The idol of the age
- Hay day
- The prose of gold
- Waiting for the day
- The great Scriblerus
- The Germans are coming!
- Bubbles in the air
- The invisible hand
- Consuming passions
- The what d' ye call it?
- The dead ear
- Mother Geneva
- The pack of cards
- What shall i do?
- Do or die
- The violists
- A call for liberty
- Here we are again!
- The broad bottom
- The magical machines
- Having a tea party
- The schoolboy
- The steam machines
- On a darkling plain
- Fire and moonlight
- The red bonnet
- The mad kings
- The beast and the whore
- A Romantic tale
- Pleasures of peace
- Isbn
- 9781250003645
- Label
- Revolution : the history of England : from the Battle of the Boyne to the Battle of Waterloo
- Title
- Revolution
- Title remainder
- the history of England : from the Battle of the Boyne to the Battle of Waterloo
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter Ackroyd
- Subject
-
- 1660-1837
- Great Britain -- History -- 1714-1837
- Boyne, Battle of the, Ireland, 1690
- Technological innovations -- Great Britain -- History
- Great Britain
- History
- Great Britain -- History -- 1660-1714
- Revolution of 1688 (Great Britain)
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Great Britain -- Wars | History
- Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In Revolution, Peter Ackroyd takes readers from William of Orange's accession following the Glorious Revolution to the Regency, when the flamboyant Prince of Wales ruled in the stead of his mad father, George III, and England was--again--at war with France, a war that would end with the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. Late Stuart and Georgian England marked the creation of the great pillars of the English state. The Bank of England was founded, as was the stock exchange; the Church of England was fully established as the guardian of the spiritual life of the nation, and parliament became the sovereign body of the nation with responsibilities and duties far beyond those of the monarch. It was a revolutionary era in English letters, too, a time in which newspapers first flourished and the English novel was born. It was an era in which coffee houses and playhouses boomed, gin flowed freely, and in which shops, as we know them today, began to proliferate in towns and villages. But it was also a time of extraordinary and unprecedented technological innovation, which saw England utterly and irrevocably transformed from a country of blue skies and farmland to one of soot and steel and coal"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1949-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ackroyd, Peter
- Dewey number
- 941.07
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DA435
- LC item number
- . A25 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Series statement
- History of England
- Series volume
- [4]
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Revolution of 1688 (Great Britain)
- Technological innovations
- Boyne, Battle of the, Ireland, 1690
- Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Great Britain
- Great Britain
- Great Britain
- Great Britain
- Label
- Revolution : the history of England : from the Battle of the Boyne to the Battle of Waterloo, Peter Ackroyd
- Note
-
- "First published in Great Britain by Macmillan, an imprint of Pan Macmillan."
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-384) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- What do you think of predestination now? -- A bull or a bear? -- The idol of the age -- Hay day -- The prose of gold -- Waiting for the day -- The great Scriblerus -- The Germans are coming! -- Bubbles in the air -- The invisible hand -- Consuming passions -- The what d' ye call it? -- The dead ear -- Mother Geneva -- The pack of cards -- What shall i do? -- Do or die -- The violists -- A call for liberty -- Here we are again! -- The broad bottom -- The magical machines -- Having a tea party -- The schoolboy -- The steam machines -- On a darkling plain -- Fire and moonlight -- The red bonnet -- The mad kings -- The beast and the whore -- A Romantic tale -- Pleasures of peace
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- ix, 403 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781250003645
- Lccn
- 2017027329
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color)
- System control number
-
- 3306289
- (OCoLC)1005080105
- (OCoLC)on1005080105
- 3121302
- 3306289
- Label
- Revolution : the history of England : from the Battle of the Boyne to the Battle of Waterloo, Peter Ackroyd
- Note
-
- "First published in Great Britain by Macmillan, an imprint of Pan Macmillan."
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-384) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- What do you think of predestination now? -- A bull or a bear? -- The idol of the age -- Hay day -- The prose of gold -- Waiting for the day -- The great Scriblerus -- The Germans are coming! -- Bubbles in the air -- The invisible hand -- Consuming passions -- The what d' ye call it? -- The dead ear -- Mother Geneva -- The pack of cards -- What shall i do? -- Do or die -- The violists -- A call for liberty -- Here we are again! -- The broad bottom -- The magical machines -- Having a tea party -- The schoolboy -- The steam machines -- On a darkling plain -- Fire and moonlight -- The red bonnet -- The mad kings -- The beast and the whore -- A Romantic tale -- Pleasures of peace
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- ix, 403 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781250003645
- Lccn
- 2017027329
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color)
- System control number
-
- 3306289
- (OCoLC)1005080105
- (OCoLC)on1005080105
- 3121302
- 3306289
Subject
- 1660-1837
- Boyne, Battle of the, Ireland, 1690
- Great Britain
- Great Britain -- History -- 1660-1714
- Great Britain -- History -- 1714-1837
- Great Britain -- Wars | History
- History
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Revolution of 1688 (Great Britain)
- Technological innovations -- Great Britain -- History
- Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815
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