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The day Parliament burned down / Caroline Shenton.

By: Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2012Edition: First editionDescription: xxii, 333 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199677504
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 942.132 SHE 23
LOC classification:
  • DA687.W6 S54 2012
Contents:
Table of contents Prologue ; 1. Thursday 16 October 1834, 6am: Mr Hume's Motion for a New House ; 2. Thursday 16 October 1834, 7am: Novelty, Novelty, Novelty ; 3. Thursday 16 October 1834, 9am: Worn-out, worm-eaten, rotten old bits of wood ; 4. Thursday 16 October 1834, 3pm: Manifest Indications of Danger ; 5. Thursday 16 October 1834, 6pm: One of the Greatest Instances of Stupidity Upon Record ; 6. Thursday 16 October 1834, 7pm: The Brilliancy of Noonday ; 7. Thursday 16 October 1834, 8pm: Immense and Appalling Splendour ; 8. Thursday 16 October 1834, 9pm: Damn the House of Commons! ; 9. Thursday, 16 October 1834, 10pm: But Save, Oh Save, the Hall! ; 10. Thursday 16 October 1834, 11pm: Milton's Pandemonium ; 11. Friday 17 October 1834, Midnight: A National Calamity ; 12. Friday 17 October 1834, 1am: Emptying the Thames ; 13. Friday 17 October 1834, 3.30am: Thank God We Seem All Safe ; 14. Friday 17 October 1834, 4am: Guy Faux has Rose Again ; 15. Friday 17 October 1834, 6am: Past Peril ; Epilogue ; Dramatis Personae ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-316) and index.

Table of contents

Prologue ; 1. Thursday 16 October 1834, 6am: Mr Hume's Motion for a New House ; 2. Thursday 16 October 1834, 7am: Novelty, Novelty, Novelty ; 3. Thursday 16 October 1834, 9am: Worn-out, worm-eaten, rotten old bits of wood ; 4. Thursday 16 October 1834, 3pm: Manifest Indications of Danger ; 5. Thursday 16 October 1834, 6pm: One of the Greatest Instances of Stupidity Upon Record ; 6. Thursday 16 October 1834, 7pm: The Brilliancy of Noonday ; 7. Thursday 16 October 1834, 8pm: Immense and Appalling Splendour ; 8. Thursday 16 October 1834, 9pm: Damn the House of Commons! ; 9. Thursday, 16 October 1834, 10pm: But Save, Oh Save, the Hall! ; 10. Thursday 16 October 1834, 11pm: Milton's Pandemonium ; 11. Friday 17 October 1834, Midnight: A National Calamity ; 12. Friday 17 October 1834, 1am: Emptying the Thames ; 13. Friday 17 October 1834, 3.30am: Thank God We Seem All Safe ; 14. Friday 17 October 1834, 4am: Guy Faux has Rose Again ; 15. Friday 17 October 1834, 6am: Past Peril ; Epilogue ; Dramatis Personae ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index