The thrilling but largely unknown story of the day in 1834 that the 800 year-old Houses of Parliament burned down - an event that was as shocking and significant to contemporaries as the death of Princess Diana was to us at the end of the 20th century.
The thrilling but largely unknown story of the day in 1834 that the 800 year-old Houses of Parliament burned down - an event that was as shocking and significant to contemporaries as the death of Princess Diana was to us at the end of the 20th century.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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Autorenporträt
Caroline Shenton was Director of the Parliamentary Archives at Westminster from 2008 to 2014, and prior to that was a senior archivist at Parliament and The National Archives at Kew. Her first book, The Day Parliament Burned Down, won the inaugural Political Book of the Year Award in 2013. It was also shortlisted for a number of other prizes, including the Longman-History Today Prize, and was a Book of the Year for the Daily Telegraph, New Statesman, Daily Mail, and Herald Scotland.
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* Prologue * 1: Thursday 16 October 1834 6am: Mr Hume's Motion for a New House * 2: Thursday 16 October 1834 7am: Novelty Novelty Novelty * 3: Thursday 16 October 1834 9am: Worn-out worm-eaten rotten old bits of wood * 4: Thursday 16 October 1834 3pm: Manifest Indications of Danger * 5: Thursday 16 October 1834 6pm: One of the Greatest Instances of Stupidity Upon Record * 6: Thursday 16 October 1834 7pm: The Brilliancy of Noonday * 7: Thursday 16 October 1834 8pm: Immense and Appalling Splendour * 8: Thursday 16 October 1834 9pm: Damn the House of Commons! * 9: Thursday 16 October 1834 10pm: But Save Oh Save the Hall! * 10: Thursday 16 October 1834 11pm: Milton's Pandemonium * 11: Friday 17 October 1834 Midnight: A National Calamity * 12: Friday 17 October 1834 1am: Emptying the Thames * 13: Friday 17 October 1834 3.30am: Thank God We Seem All Safe * 14: Friday 17 October 1834 4am: Guy Faux has Rose Again * 15: Friday 17 October 1834 6am: Past Peril * Epilogue * Dramatis Personae * Notes * Bibliography * Index
* Prologue * 1: Thursday 16 October 1834 6am: Mr Hume's Motion for a New House * 2: Thursday 16 October 1834 7am: Novelty Novelty Novelty * 3: Thursday 16 October 1834 9am: Worn-out worm-eaten rotten old bits of wood * 4: Thursday 16 October 1834 3pm: Manifest Indications of Danger * 5: Thursday 16 October 1834 6pm: One of the Greatest Instances of Stupidity Upon Record * 6: Thursday 16 October 1834 7pm: The Brilliancy of Noonday * 7: Thursday 16 October 1834 8pm: Immense and Appalling Splendour * 8: Thursday 16 October 1834 9pm: Damn the House of Commons! * 9: Thursday 16 October 1834 10pm: But Save Oh Save the Hall! * 10: Thursday 16 October 1834 11pm: Milton's Pandemonium * 11: Friday 17 October 1834 Midnight: A National Calamity * 12: Friday 17 October 1834 1am: Emptying the Thames * 13: Friday 17 October 1834 3.30am: Thank God We Seem All Safe * 14: Friday 17 October 1834 4am: Guy Faux has Rose Again * 15: Friday 17 October 1834 6am: Past Peril * Epilogue * Dramatis Personae * Notes * Bibliography * Index
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