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Historical Characters in the Reign of Queen Anne

Historical Characters in the Reign of Queen Anne

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Publisher's Synopsis

THE reign of Queen Anne is one of the most illustrious in English history. In literature it has been common to call it the Augustan age. In politics it has all the interest of a transition period, less agitating, but not less important, than the actual era of revolution. In war, it is, with the ex-ception of the great European wars of the beginning of this century, the most glorious for the English arms of any that have elapsed since Henry V. set up his rights of conquest over France. Opinions change as to the ad-vantage of such superiorities; and, still more, as to the glory which is purchased by bloodshed; yet, according to the received nomenclature, and in the language of all the ages, the time of Marlborough cannot be characterized as anything but glorious. A great general, statesmen of emi-nence, great poets, men of letters of the first distinction-these are points in which this period cannot easily be ex-celled. It pleases the fancy to step historically from queen to queen, and to find in each a center of national great-ness knitting together the loose threads of the great web.

Book information

ISBN: 9798570964440
Publisher: Independently Published
Imprint: Independently Published
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Language: English
Number of pages: 250
Weight: 340g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 13mm