Revolution, the fourth volume of Peter Ackroyd`s enthralling History of England begins in 1688 with a revolution and ends in 1815 with a famous victory.In it, 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...

ISBN: 9781509811472
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2023

The year is 1806. centuries have passed since practical magicians faded into the nation`s past. But scholars of this glorious history discover that one remains: the reclusive Mr Norrell, whose displays of magic send a thrill through the country.Proceeding to London, he raises a beautiful woman from the dead and summons an army of ghostly ships to terrify the French. Yet the cautious, fussy Norrell is challenged by the emergence of another magician: the brilliant novice Jonathan Strange. Young, handsome and daring, Strange is the very antithesis of Norrell.So begins a dangerous battle between these two great men which overwhelms that between England and France. And their own obsessions and secret dabblings with the dark arts are going to...

ISBN: 9780747579885
Издательство: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: март 2023

Citizenship in the United States of America began during colonial times as an active civic participation in local government marked by frequent public debate and broad participation in democracy, particularly in New England town halls. A variety of factors and forces changed this relationship over the nation's history. Today, citizenship is essentially a legal status signifying a right to live and work in the nation as well as enjoy certain rights and privileges defined by law Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1308-1479-3
Издательство: Книга по требованию
Дата выхода: июль 2011

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! History of Saskatchewan encompasses the study of past human events and activities of the province of Saskatchewan, the middle of Canada`s three prairie provinces. Archaeological studies give some clues as to the history and lifestyles of the Palaeo-Indian, Taltheilei, and Shield Archaic Traditions who were the first occupants of the prehistoric era of this geographical area. They evolved into the history of the first nations people who kept their history alive in oral tradition. The First Nations tribes that were a part of this area were the Chipewyan, Cree, Saulteaux, Assiniboine, Atsina and Sioux.Henry Kelsey (1667–1724), was the first European (an English man) to visit this area, and...

ISBN: 978-5-5133-0331-2

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The United Kingdom was one of the Allied Powers during World War I (1914–1918), and developed as a nation throughout the war in order to further its goal of defeating the Central Powers (the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Bulgaria). The country`s armed forces were reorganised—the war marked the creation of the Royal Air Force, for example—and increased in size because of the introduction of forced conscription for the first time in the country`s history. At the outbreak of war, patriotic feelings spread throughout the country, and it has been argued that many of the class barriers of Edwardian England were diminished during the period.

ISBN: 978-5-5106-1275-2

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The History of English football is a long and detailed one, as it is not only the national sport but England was where the game was developed and codified. The modern global game of Football was first codified in 1863 in London. The impetus for this was to unify English public school and university football games. There is evidence for refereed, team football games being played in English schools since at least 1581. An account of an exclusively kicking football game from Nottinghamshire in the 15th century bears similarity to football. England can boast the earliest ever documented use of the English word "football" (1409) and the earliest reference to the sport in French (1314). The modern...

ISBN: 978-5-5133-2991-6

From battlefield to sacred building, from castle to cottage, from the Bridgwater Canal to Blackpool Pier, historian John Julius Norwich tells the political, cultural, social, religious and economic story of England through one hundred key places you can still visit today. Part narrative history, part exploration of our national heritage, his wide-ranging selection of sites will stimulate, entertain, inform - and certainly provoke - a debate about the most significant moments in English history.

ISBN: 978-1-84854-607-3
Издательство: Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011

From battlefield to sacred building, from castle to cottage, from the Bridgwater Canal to Blackpool Pier, historian John Julius Norwich tells the political, cultural, social, religious and economic story of England through one hundred key places you can still visit today. Part narrative history, part exploration of our national heritage, his wide-ranging selection of sites will stimulate, entertain, inform - and certainly provoke - a debate about the most significant moments in English history.

ISBN: 978-1-84854-609-7
Издательство: Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: июль 2012

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The history of the Scotland national football team dates back to the first ever international football match in 1872. Until the Second World War, Scotland mainly competed against the other Home Nations in the British Home Championship, with the most keenly contested fixture being the match with England. After the Second World War, the Home Nations rejoined FIFA and started to participate in international competitions. Scotland have qualified for seven World Cups and two European Championships, but have never progressed beyond the first stage of a major tournament. Scotland have not qualified for a tournament since the 1998 World Cup, but have recovered somewhat in recent years and came close to...

ISBN: 978-6-1340-5175-0
Издательство: Книга по требованию
Дата выхода: июль 2011

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The game of cricket has a known history spanning from the 16th century to the present day, with international matches played since 1844, although the official history of international Test cricket began in 1877. During this time, the game developed from its origins in England into a game which is now played professionally in most of the Commonwealth of Nations.

ISBN: 978-5-5090-1171-9

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The History of Plymouth in Devon, England, extends back to the Bronze Age, when the first settlement began at Mount Batten a peninsula in Plymouth Sound facing onto the English Channel. It continued as both a fishing and continental tin trading port through the late Iron Age into the Early Medieval period, until the more prosperous Saxon settlement of Sutton, later renamed Plymouth, surpassed it. With its natural harbour and open access to the Atlantic, the town found wealth and a national strategic importance during the establishment of British naval dominance in the colonisation of the New World. In 1620 the Pilgrim Fathers departed from Plymouth to establish the second English colony in...

ISBN: 978-5-5091-0140-3

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The History of Lowell is closely tied to its location along the Pawtucket Falls of the Merrimack River, from being an important fishing ground for the Pennacook tribe to providing water power for the factories that formed the basis of the city`s economy for a century. The city of Lowell was started in the 1820s as a money-making venture and social project referred to as "The Lowell Experiment", and quickly became America`s largest textile center. However, within approximately a century, the decline and collapse of that industry in New England placed the city into a deep recession. Lowell`s "rebirth", partially tied to Lowell National Historical Park, has made it a model for other former...

ISBN: 978-5-5091-6707-2

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The National League System consists of a group of semi- professional football leagues in England, below the fully-professional FA Premier League and The Football League. The NLS spans seven levels of the overall English football league system, and consists of around 80 divisions in total. Although many of the leagues within the National League System have been around for a long time, the System itself is a fairly recent development. It was created by The Football Association in the 1990s to bring together various ad-hoc arrangements from around the country, and to give clubs a clear path of promotion and relegation from the lower levels of the pyramid right through to the professional leagues....

ISBN: 978-6-1340-7718-7
Издательство: Книга по требованию
Дата выхода: июль 2011

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The National League System consists of a group of semi-professional football leagues in England, below the fully professional FA Premier League and The Football League. The NLS spans seven levels of the overall English football league system, and consists of around 80 divisions in total.

ISBN: 978-5-5127-3382-0

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The club was founded on 7 September 1893 as Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club. In its earliest years, they only competed in athletics and cricket. Since the club was set up to represent England abroad, the original shirts worn by the organisation were white, the same colour as the England national team shirt. At first Italians were not permitted to join as it was a private club. Genoa`s activities took place in the north-west of the city in the Campasso area, at the Piazza d`Armi. The men who founded the initial cricket and athletics club were;

ISBN: 978-5-5088-8770-4

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ISBN: 978-5-8755-9718-3

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ISBN: 978-5-8755-9737-4

There are many ways to approach history, and Joe Castello aims to whet `Joe Public`s` appetite with simple facts and figures arranged in a clear, linear fashion under the names of the kings and queens of England. He starts with the invasion of Julius Caesar and ends with accession of Queen Elizabeth II. Yes, this is history `raw` rather than `cooked` - but it`s none the less appetising for that! Here in a digestible format are those glorious highlights of English history: the unification of England under the Saxon kings; the battles with France in the Middle Ages; the energetic awakening of the nation under Elizabeth I; the establishment of an empire overseas and much, much more... England`s history is the smithy where our identities...

ISBN: 9781782810452
Дата выхода: январь 2013

This is the definitive concise account of our remarkable past. Which battle was fought `For England, Harry and St George`? Who demanded to be painted `warts and all`? What - and when - was the Battle of the Bulge? In A Short History of England, bestselling author Simon Jenkins answers all these questions - and many more - as he tells the tumultuous story of a fascinating nation. From the invaders of the dark ages to today`s coalition, via the Tudors, the Stuarts and two world wars, Jenkins weaves together a gripping narrative with all the most important and interesting dates in his own inimitable style. Until now there has been no short history of England covering all significant event themes and individuals: this bestselling book,...

ISBN: 978-1-84668-463-0
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The History of England (1754–61) is David Hume`s great work on England`s history which was written in installments while he was serving as librarian to the Faculty of Advocates in Edinburgh, on what was to become the core collection of the National Library of Scotland. It was published in six volumes in 1754, 1756, 1759, and 1761. The first publication of his History was greeted with outrage by all political factions, but it became a best-seller, finally giving him the financial independence he had long sought. Both the British Library and the Cambridge University Library, as well as Hume`s own library, still list him as "David Hume, the historian." More a category of books than a single...

ISBN: 978-5-5092-8295-9

Henry VIII changed the course of English life more completely than any monarch since the Conquest. In the portraits of Holbein, Henry Tudor stands proud as one of the most powerful figures in renaissance Europe. But is the portrait just a bluff? In his new book, Derek Wilson explores the myths behind the image of the Tudor Lion. He was the monarch that delivered the Reformation to England yet Luther called him `A fool, a liar and a damnable rotten worm`. As a young man he gained a reputation as an intellectual and fair prince yet he ruled the nation like a tyrant. He treated his subjects as cruelly as he treated his wives. Based on a wealth of new material and a life time`s knowledge of the subject Derek Wilson exposes a new portrait of...

ISBN: 978-1-84529-903-3
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The military history of France encompasses an immense panorama of conflicts and struggles extending for more than 2,000 years across areas including modern France, greater Europe, and European territorial possessions overseas. Gallo-Roman conflict predominated from 60 BC to 50 BC, with the Romans emerging victorious in the conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar. After the decline of the Roman Empire, a Germanic tribe known as the Franks took control of Gaul by defeating competing tribes. The "land of Francia," from which France gets its name, had high points of expansion under kings Clovis I and Charlemagne. In the Middle Ages, rivalries with England and the Holy Roman Empire prompted major...

ISBN: 978-6-1317-0259-4
Издательство: Книга по требованию
Дата выхода: июль 2011

In this boldly drawn portrait of 18th century England, Roy Porter defines a nation from its princes to its paupers, from its metropolis to its smallest hamlet. The topics covered run the gamut - diet, housing, prisons, rural festivals, bordellos, plays, paintings, and work and wages.

ISBN: 978-0-14-013819-1
Дата выхода: январь 2013

American missionaries had a lasting effect on contemporary discussions of education, nationalism and religion in the late Ottoman Middle East. In addition to symbolizing the clash between the local Muslims and others in the nineteenth century, the American missionaries in the region helped shape the discourse of American and Ottoman diplomatic and cultural relations, serving as a precedent for more recent diplomatic and religious confrontations. In this book, Emrah Sahin analyzes the objectives and results of the missions with particular analysis of the missionary life in Istanbul, the Ottoman metropolitan capital in this century, when religion was the single most important element of civil, communal identity. American missionary...

ISBN: 978-3-8383-1845-5
Издательство: Книга по требованию
Дата выхода: июль 2011

There is no more haunting, compelling period in Britain`s history than the later middle ages. The extraordinary kings - Edward III and Henry V, the great warriors, Richard II and Henry VI, tragic inadequates killed by their failure to use their power, and Richard III, the demon king. The extraordinary events - the Black Death that destroyed a third of the population, the Peasants` Revolt, the Wars of the Roses, the Battle of Agincourt. The extraordinary artistic achievements - the great churches, castles and tombs that still dominate the landscape, the birth of the English language in "The Canterbury Tales". For the first time in a generation, a historian has had the vision and confidence to write a spell-binding account of the era...

ISBN: 978-0-14-014825-1
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011