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England in the eighteenth century, (The Pelican history of England) by J.H. Plumb

pdf |en | | Author: J.H. Plumb

( Category: England June 14,2023 )

Age of Emergency by Erik Linstrum;

epub |eng | 2023-06-15 | Author:Erik Linstrum;

Apologists for colonial violence, in turn, exploited distaste for partisan squabbling to deflect scrutiny. For critics of colonial war, the journalistic hesitance to take sides created a quandary. They recognized ...

( Category: Great Britain June 14,2023 )

The Welsh Braveheart by Phil Carradice

epub, pdf |eng | 2022-04-29 | Author:Phil Carradice

***** In May 1404, after months of siege and almost continuous assault, the castles of Harlech and Aberystwyth were eventually taken by Owain Glyndwr. Despite repeated attempts, the Welsh besiegers ...

( Category: Wales June 14,2023 )

A Grim Almanac of the Workhouse by Peter Higginbotham

epub |eng | 2012-12-17 | Author:Peter Higginbotham

20 JUNE 1810 According to The Globe, a âscene most shocking to humanityâ occurred this evening ânear Fitzroy Squareâ â presumably at the parish workhouse of St Paul, Covent Garden, ...

( Category: England June 14,2023 )

Sex, Sects and Society: 'Pain and Pleasure': a Social History of Wales and the Welsh, 1870-1945 by Russell Davies

epub |eng | 2013-06-15 | Author:Russell Davies

The re-enchantment of the world: the 1904â6 religious revival It was the whole tormenting storm of sin, despair, Godâs angels opting for cloth-capped squalor... A large, hastily assembled and vigorously ...

( Category: Wales June 13,2023 )

Scotland's Forgotten Past by Alistair Moffat

epub |eng | 2023-06-15 | Author:Alistair Moffat

19 17007 In the first half of the 18th century, two English spies helped turn Scotlandâs history in a different direction. In October, 1706, Daniel Defoe found lodgings on the ...

( Category: Scotland June 13,2023 )

A Murderous Midsummer by Mark Stoyle

epub |eng | | Author:Mark Stoyle

III According to Hooker, Russellâs decision ânowe to loose no more time, but to give the adventure upon the enemieâ was prompted, first, by the arrival of the long-awaited reinforcements ...

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Labour Revolt in Britain 1910-14 by Ralph Darlington;

epub |eng | | Author:Ralph Darlington;

George Dangerfield considered it was as though âtheir strike [was] some holiday of the soul, long overdueâ.95 The strikers immediately turned to the NFWW for assistance and both Mary Macarthur ...

( Category: Wales June 13,2023 )

The Great Famine by William Chester Jordan

epub |eng | 1996-06-15 | Author:William Chester Jordan

England Already in 1315 the English under Edward II attempted by parliamentary action to impose price controls on livestock. There has been some hesitation among historians to consider this action ...

( Category: England June 13,2023 )