Dominion - Peter Ackroyd
Category: History
Tags: History, Adults
Series: The History of England, Book 5 Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins Publisher: 2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc., Dominion, the fifth volume in Peter Ackroyds masterful History of England, begins in 1815 as national glory following the Battle of Waterloo gives way to a post-war depression and ends with the death of Queen Victoria in January 1901., Spanning the end of the Regency, Ackroyd takes listeners from the accession of the profligate George IV, whose government was steered by Lord Liverpool, whose face was set against reform, to the Sailor King William IV, whose reign saw the modernization of the political system and the abolition of slavery., But it was the accession of Queen Victoria, at only 18 years old, that sparked an era of enormous innovation. Technological progress - from steam railways to the first telegram - swept the nation, and the finest inventions were showcased at the first Great Exhibition in 1851., The emergence of the middle-classes changed the shape of society, and sc
