A Very British Revolution
A Very British Revolution

Author: Martin Bell

Publisher: Icon Books Ltd

Published: 2009-10-01

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1848311001

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The revelations over MPs' expenses that began in May 2009 ranged from petty thieving to outright fraud and sparked a crisis in confidence unprecedented in modern times. This was a 21st-century Peasants' Revolt - an uprising of the people against the political class. Ordinary men and women with political views across the spectrum were by turns amused, incredulous, shocked and then bitterly angry as the disclosures on MPs' expenses flooded out. From Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's bath plug to Conservative MP Sir John Butterfill's 'flipping' of his constituency home - a now-notorious manoeuvre that required him to refund GBP60,000 to the taxpayer - the exposure of MPs' expenses revealed Westminster's culture of quiet corruption like never before. Drawing on his experience as an MP and as a member of the Committee on Standards and Privileges, Martin Bell explains how the expenses crisis arose and, most compellingly, lays out his prescription for healing the deep wounds inflicted by the scandal. As Martin puts it: 'The revolution will not be complete until all the rogues in the House are gone and public confidence in the MPs remaining is restored.' This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to revive British politics, and the rebuilding starts here.

Britain in Revolution
Britain in Revolution

Author: Austin Woolrych

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2002-11-14

Total Pages: 852

ISBN-13: 9780191542008

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This is the definitive history of the English Civil War, set in its full historical context from the accession of Charles I to the Restoration of Charles II. These were the most turbulent years of British history and their reverberations have been felt down the centuries. Throughout the middle decades of the seventeenth century England, Scotland, and Ireland were convulsed by political upheaval and wracked by rebellion and civil war. The Stuart monarchy was in abeyance for twenty years in all three kingdoms, and Charles I famously met his death on the scaffold. Austin Woolrych breathes life back into the story of these years, the sweep of his prose buttressed by the authority of a lifetime's scholarship. He captures the drama and the passion, the momentum of events and the force of contingency. He brilliantly interweaves the history of the three kingdoms and their peoples, gripping the reader with the fast-paced yet always balanced story.

A Very British Revolution
A Very British Revolution

Author: Jonathan Glancey

Publisher:

Published: 2013-11-13

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9781780671260

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John Lewis is one of the UKs leading brands and is part and parcel of the lives of millions of people across Britain. Famous for their policy of being Never Knowingly Undersold, the 43 department stores are also know for exemplary customer service. These special qualities stem from the remarkable vision of John Spedan Lewis who inherited a clutch of successful Victorian department stores and transformed them into a revolutionary, employee-owned business. This book, the first to trace the 150-year history of John Lewis, highlights the companys radical organisation, its innovative approach to retailing, and the unique way that it treats both staff and customers. With unrivalled access to the John Lewis Partnerships own substantial archive of photography and ephemera, John Lewis: 150 Years shows how the history of the company mirrors that of Britain as a whole and traces the emerging consumerism of the Victorian world, through the social upheavals of the twentieth century into the globalised world of retail today.

The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective
The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective

Author: Robert C. Allen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-04-09

Total Pages: 13

ISBN-13: 0521868270

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Why did the industrial revolution take place in 18th century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the 17th and 18th centuries.

The British Are Coming
The British Are Coming

Author: Rick Atkinson

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company

Published: 2019-05-14

Total Pages: 800

ISBN-13: 1627790446

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Winner of the George Washington Prize Winner of the Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History Winner of the Excellence in American History Book Award Winner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award From the bestselling author of the Liberation Trilogy comes the extraordinary first volume of his new trilogy about the American Revolution Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other superb books about World War II, has long been admired for his deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative histories. Now he turns his attention to a new war, and in the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy he recounts the first twenty-one months of America’s violent war for independence. From the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to those at Trenton and Princeton in winter 1777, American militiamen and then the ragged Continental Army take on the world’s most formidable fighting force. It is a gripping saga alive with astonishing characters: Henry Knox, the former bookseller with an uncanny understanding of artillery; Nathanael Greene, the blue-eyed bumpkin who becomes a brilliant battle captain; Benjamin Franklin, the self-made man who proves to be the wiliest of diplomats; George Washington, the commander in chief who learns the difficult art of leadership when the war seems all but lost. The story is also told from the British perspective, making the mortal conflict between the redcoats and the rebels all the more compelling. Full of riveting details and untold stories, The British Are Coming is a tale of heroes and knaves, of sacrifice and blunder, of redemption and profound suffering. Rick Atkinson has given stirring new life to the first act of our country’s creation drama.

The British Revolution (Classic Reprint)
The British Revolution (Classic Reprint)

Author: R. A. P. Hill

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-07-04

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 9781330719886

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Excerpt from The British Revolution All you are doing and saying is to the Empire dangled mirages. You have not learned of Nature - of the politics of Nature you have not learned the great amplitude, rectitude, impartiality. You have not seen that only such as they are for this Empire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The British Revolution and the American Democracy; - Scholar's Choice Edition
The British Revolution and the American Democracy; - Scholar's Choice Edition

Author: Angell Norman, Sir

Publisher: Scholar's Choice

Published: 2015-02-19

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9781297301032

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A Very British Revolution
A Very British Revolution

Author: Amirreza Tayebi

Publisher:

Published: 2023-09-21

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781803814933

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'A Very British Revolution' explores the electrifying Swinging Sixties in London through the lens of my book, delving into its dynamic fusion of music, fashion, art, and cultural revolution.