Meet the Georgians - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Meet the Georgians write by Robert Peal. This book was released on 2022-07-07. Meet the Georgians available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 'The way Robert Peal describes Georgian England, you'd be mad not to want to live there yourself' GUARDIAN Anne Bonny and Mary Read, pirate queens of the Caribbean Tipu Sultan, the Indian ruler who kept the British at bay Olaudah Equiano, the former slave whose story shocked the world Mary Wollstonecraft, the feminist who fought for women's rights Ladies of Llangollen, the lovers who built paradise in a Welsh valley 'Mad, bad and dangerous to know' is how Lord Byron, the poet who drank wine from a monk's skull and slept with his half-sister, was described by one of his many lovers. But 'mad, bad and dangerous' serves as a good description for the entire Georgian period: often neglected, the hundred or so years between the coronation of George I in 1714 and the death of George IV in 1830 were years when the modern world was formed, and changes came thick and fast. Across this century, new foods - pineapples, coffee and pepper - suddenly became available in the shops. Fashion exploded into a riot of colour, frilly shirts and wigs. Gin was drunk like it was water. Demands for women's rights were heard, and it became possible to question the existence of God without fear of prompt execution. These exciting new developments came, of course, from the expanding British Empire. Britain's wealth and its sudden access to chocolate, chillies and spices, was entirely bound up with the conquest of overseas territories and the miserable suffering of enslaved workers. This is the backdrop to Robert Peal's new book, which introduces the Georgian era through the diverse lives of twelve 'magnificent - if not moral' people who defined it.
NADA Pececito
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The Palace
The Palace - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Palace write by Gareth Russell. This book was released on 2023-12-05. The Palace available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Hampton Court Palace has been the locus of monarchy, revolution, religious fundamentalism, sexual scandals, and military coups. Russel moves through the rooms and the decades to focus on the people who called Hampton Court their home. From the Tudors to the present, he captures the stories of the many sovereigns and servants who lived and worked in its halls. In doing so, Russel reveals the personal tragedy and political importance of this extraordinary place. -- adapted from jacket.
The Routledge History of Literature in English
The Routledge History of Literature in English - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Routledge History of Literature in English write by Ronald Carter. This book was released on 2001. The Routledge History of Literature in English available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is a guide to the main developments in the history of British and Irish literature, charting some of the main features of literary language development and highlighting key language topics.
Reminiscences of Famous Georgians
Reminiscences of Famous Georgians - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reminiscences of Famous Georgians write by Lucian Lamar Knight. This book was released on 1908. Reminiscences of Famous Georgians available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.