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London and the Seventeenth Century
London and the Seventeenth Century: The Making of the World's Greatest City | Margarette Lincoln
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The first comprehensive history of seventeenth-century London, told through the lives of those who experienced it The Gunpowder Plot, the Civil Wars, Charles I's execution, the Plague, the Great Fire, the Restoration, and then the Glorious Revolution: the seventeenth century was one of the most momentous times in the history of Britain, and Londoners took center stage. In this fascinating account, Margarette Lincoln charts the impact of national events on an ever-growing citizenry with its love of pageantry, spectacle, and enterprise. Lincoln looks at how religious, political, and financial tensions were fomented by commercial ambition, expansion, and hardship. In addition to events at court and parliament, she evokes the remarkable figures of the period, including Shakespeare, Bacon, Pepys, and Newton, and draws on diaries, letters, and wills to trace the untold stories of ordinary Londoners. Through their eyes, we see how the nation emerged from a turbulent century poised to become a great maritime power with London at its heart--the greatest city of its time.
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#thoughtfulThursday @MoonWitch94
1.Tagged book,but also Alison bechdel's latest #Thesecrettosuperhumanstrength,#YoursCheerfully by AJ Pearce,#Endpapers by Alexander Wolff-good year so far!!
2.I end up missing a lot of prompts,so no!I tend to do the daily ones though.
3.Indoors,spring in Bombay is the worst of summer with temperatures reaching 40 degrees C on a good day!

MoonWitch94 Thanks for playing 📚💐😊💗🐣 3y
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The evolution of central reserve banking.

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The fascinating history behind one of my favourite movies- Captain Blood.

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Amazing.There really is nothing new under the sun.
#LondonandtheSeventeenthCentury #NetGalley

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#LondonandtheSeventeenthCentury #NetGalley
What an interesting brave man

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Not sure why the author felt the need to clarify that the protesting women weren't "whores and fishwives",don't they have a right to protest?! What's more illuminating however,is Parliament's tactic of discrediting protestors who don't agree with them-people protesting an exclusionary discriminatory citizenship law in India,are labelled "terrorists",as are farmers protesting laws favouring crony capitalists.In 2021.

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Truth. Far stranger than fiction.#NetGalley. one of my favourite books this year.

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As a huge Derry Girls fan, this bit of history about the seeds being down for The Troubles was fascinating. Hugely enjoying this book. #NetGalley

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I'm sure Alan Moore knows this, and picked Fawkes as a heroic symbol of resistance and not a traitor. Excellent book, absolutely fascinating. #NetGalley #LondonandtheseventeenthCentury