Dominion: The History Of England Volume V Peter Ackroyd Picador Αγγλικά Βιβλία General Issues

Uncover The Intricate Past Of England In Peter Ackroyd\ S Acclaimed Volume Dominion A Crucial Part His Sweeping History Series This Charismatic Narrative Opens With Aftermath Waterloo 1815 And Concludes Death Queen Victoria 1901 Ackroyd Masterfully Recounts Era George Iv Whose Rule Witnessed Staunch Resistance To Reform That \ Sailor King\ William An Epoch Which Marked Significant Modernisation Abolition Slavery When Eighteen-Year-Old Victoria\ Took Throne Period Astonishing Technological Breakthroughs Innovation – Such As Steam Railways Telegraph Yet Beneath Progress Unflinchingly Reveals Harsh Reality Ordinary Working Classes Mired Poverty Whilst Industrial Revolution Flourishes Around Them It Was Time Saw Flowering Great Literature Too Georgian Gave Way Readers Could Delight Not Only Work Byron Shelley Wordsworth But Also Nineteenth-Century Novelists: Brontë Sisters Eliot Mrs Gaskell Thackeray Course Dickens Has Become Synonymous Victorian Finally Illustrates British Empire\ Global Expansion Reflecting Britannia\ Iron Over Waves Shockwaves Are Still Felt Today Σελίδες: 352 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0924 Διαστάσεις: 13X13Cm