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Revolution

by Peter Ackroyd Book 4 in the The History of England series.

First published 2016

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Revolution begins with the settlement created by the Glorious Revolution and carries England through the long eighteenth century to Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo. It covers the consolidation of parliamentary government, wars against France and Spain, Jacobite rebellion, the expansion of empire, the loss of the American colonies and the prolonged struggle with revolutionary and Napoleonic France.

Political history is interwoven with the growth of finance, newspapers, coffeehouses, shops and the English novel. Ackroyd charts the early Industrial Revolution and the movement from an agricultural society towards towns, factories and mechanised production, showing how constitutional and economic change remade public authority and everyday life.

Historical Periods

Seven Years’ War1756–1763 CE American Revolutionary War1775–1783 CE Industrial Revolution in Britain1760–1830 CE Glorious Revolution1688–1689 CE Jacobite Risings1689–1746 CE Battle of Waterloo1815-06-18 War of the Spanish Succession1701–1714 CE

Genres

Court & Political Fiction

Historical people

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington1769–1852 George IV of the United Kingdom1762–1830 Napoleon1769–1821 George III1738–1820 William Wordsworth1770–1850 John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

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