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Tons of CRUIKSHANK images as well as a large amount of commentary on everything from sea bathing to shampooing to balls.
Blackstone - Commentaries on the Laws of England
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During the course of editing Pascal Bonenfant's Memoirs I have necessarily needed to do a considerable amount of research into life in 18th Century Britain in general and London in particular.
Strictly speaking, a distinction should be made between general slang terms and terms only used by the London underworld.
Old Bailey Online - The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913 - Central Criminal Court. A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials
To Kill the Queen
During Victoria's long reign there were seven "incidents" which might be considered assassination attempts. In reality, most of these were clearly not serious attempts on her life. Rather they appear to have been aimed at bringing eith
History of The Metropolitan Police, London. Est 1829
Erskine May Constitutional History
Constitutional History of England since the Accession of George the Third; 1861
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The Passive Voice
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Some of PG's most popular posts are about contracts with publishers and agents. Click the Contracts category to see them all.
Peerage Laws - Nancy Regency Researcher
In England, a man could not designate his heir except when he was the one for whom the peerage was created and the Regent/King was open to giving him a say in naming his successor.