From Restoration to Reform
‘It is hard to write the history of the British Isles in these years as anything other than a success story.’
In reality, nothing about these successes was preordained.
In the mid seventeenth century the British Isles were marginal to Europe. A warring group of islands, frequently the scene of catastrophe, they counted for less than the sum of their parts. Yet, by 1832, the reverse was true. United ...
‘It is hard to write the history of the British Isles in these years as anything other than a success story.’
In reality, nothing about these successes was preordained.
In the mid seventeenth century the British Isles were marginal to Europe. A warring group of islands, frequently the scene of catastrophe, they counted for less than the sum of their parts. Yet, by 1832, the reverse was true. United ...
