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Author:

Shenton, Caroline.

Title:

The day Parliament burned down / Caroline Shenton.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xxii, 333 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map, plans, plates, ports. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Westminster Palace (London, England)--History--19th century.
Fires--London--London--History--19th century.
London (England)--History.--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-316) and index.

Contents:

Mr. Hume's motion for a new House -- Novelty, novelty, novelty -- Worn-out, worm-eaten, rotten old bits of wood -- Manifest indications of danger -- One of the greatest instances of stupidity upon record -- The brilliancy of noonday -- Immense and appalling splendor -- Damn the House of Commons! -- But save, oh save the Hall! -- Milton's pandemonium -- A national calamity -- Emptying the Thames -- Thank God we all seem safe -- Guy Faux has rose again -- Past peril.

ISBN:

0199646708
9780199646708

OCLC:

(OCoLC)785869543

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)