How Great Britain was born - from the restoration to the Great Exhibition. In 1660 England emerged from the devastations of the Civil Wars and restored the king, Charles II, to the throne. Over the next 190 years Britain would establish itself as the leading nation in the world - the centre of burgeoning Empire, at the forefront of the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution. However, radical change also brought with it anxiety and violence. America is lost in the War of Independence and calls for revolution at home are never far from the surface of everyday life. In this scintillating overview of the era in which Britain changed the world, and how that nation was transformed as a result. William Gibson also looks at the impact of this transformation had upon the ordinary men and women. This the is the third book in the four volume Brief History of Britain which brings together some of the leading historians to tell our nation's story from the Norman Conquest of 1066 to the present-day. Combining the latest research with accessible and entertaining story telling, it is the ideal introduction for students and general readers.
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The third volume in the stunning four volume Brief History of Britain series.
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William Gibson is Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Oxford Brookes University specialising in the history of Britain in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He has written widely on the eighteenth century Church. He is the author of James II and the Trial of the Seven Bishops (2009) and a biography of Bishop Benjamin Hoadly. He is also Director of the Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History.
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By B. Yates
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I like this book very much. It was well set out and contained lots of interesting facts I didn't know about the 1700's including the amount of new ideas, inventions and other aspects of this part of English History. Lots of 'Oh, I didn't know that' moments. I recommended to a friend and she bought it straight away.
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By The Glebe
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Very different from the history books of my school days, the 30's, in that it covers a broad field of life at the time thus giving a better understanding of how we have developed as a nation. It also brought home to me how little the actions of politicians,in the broadest sense, had changed. I shall certainly be buy others in the series.
By Jameslr44
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Its facual and informative it \also gives information about the time in history that I,m interested ,the royel navey obout tall ships
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