History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 03)

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

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Authors: Thomas Babington Macaulay In Year : 1848

Book Language: English

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Chapter III, Part 1
Chapter III, Part 2
Chapter III, Part 3
Chapter III, Part 4
Chapter III, Part 5
Chapter III, Part 6
Chapter III, Part 7
Chapter III, Part 8
Chapter III, Part 9
Chapter III, Part 10
Chapter III, Part 11
Chapter III, Part 12
Chapter III, Part 13
Chapter III, Part 14
Chapter III, Part 15
Chapter III, Part 16

This is the third chapter in Macaulay’s great History of England from the Accession of James II. In this chapter Macaulay looks at the state of the nation in 1685. He discusses the population, the revenue, the military system, the roads, the inns, the coaches, the great cities and, of course London, its coffee houses and first experiments in street lighting. An interesting diversion from Macaulays’s usual obsession with politics but worry not, he still manages to crowbar some political intriguing into this chapter.
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