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The day parliament burned down /
In the early evening of 16 October 1834, to the horror of bystanders, a huge ball of fire exploded through the roof of the Houses of Parliament, creating a blaze so enormous that it could be seen by the King and Queen at Windsor, and from stagecoaches on top of the South Downs. In front of hundreds...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Note to the Reader; Prologue; 1. Thursday, 16 October 1834, 6 a.m.: Mr Hume's motion for a new House; 2. Thursday, 16 October 1834, 7 a.m.: Novelty, novelty, novelty; 3. Thursday, 16 October 1834, 9 a.m.: Worn-out, worm-eaten, rotten old bits of wood; 4. Thursday, 16 October 1834, 3 p.m.: Manifest indications of danger; 5. Thursday, 16 October 1834, 6 p.m.: One of the greatest instances of stupidity upon record; 6. Thursday, 16 October 1834, 7 p.m.: The brilliancy of noonday.