Meet The Georgians: Epic Tales From Britain’s Wildest Century Robert Peal William Collins Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

‘The Way Robert Peal Describes Georgian England You’d Be Mad Not To Want Live There Yourself’ Guardian Anne Bonny And Mary Read Pirate Queens Of The Caribbean Tipu Sultan Indian Ruler Who Kept British At Bay Olaudah Equiano Former Slave Whose Story Shocked World Wollstonecraft Feminist Fought For Women’s Rights Ladies Llangollen Lovers Built Paradise In A Welsh Valley ‘Mad Bad Dangerous Know’ Is How Lord Byron Poet Drank Wine From Monk’s Skull Slept With His Half-Sister Was Described By One Many But Dangerous’ Serves As Good Description Entire Period: Often Neglected Hundred Or So Years Between Coronation George I 1714 Death Iv 1830 Were When Modern Formed Changes Came Thick Fast Across This Century New Foods – Pineapples Coffee Pepper Suddenly Became Available Shops Fashion Exploded Into Riot Colour Frilly Shirts Wigs Gin Drunk Like It Water Demands Heard Possible Question Existence God Without Fear Prompt Execution These Exciting Developments Course Expanding Empire Britain’s Wealth Its Sudden Access Chocolate Chillies Spices Entirely Bound Up Conquest Overseas Territories Miserable Suffering Enslaved Workers Backdrop Peal’s Book Which Introduces Era Through Diverse Lives Twelve ‘Magnificent If Moral’ People Defined Σελίδες: 304 Διαστάσεις: 15 9X15 9Cm