Subjects

Georgian Era

in The Copy Book

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The War of 1812

In the year that Napoleon’s quest for European Empire faltered at Moscow, President Madison of the USA came to his aid.

110

Disbanding Empire

Adam Smith could not imagine it would ever happen, but he nevertheless recommended that Britain grant independence to her colonies.

111

George Pinto

An innovative English composer who did not live to fulfil his extraordinary promise.

112

Faraday al Fresco

Michael Faraday’s tour of Europe included a ‘picturesque’ multicultural event on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius.

113

The Seven Years’ War

Georgian Britain braced for war as relations with France in North America, India and mainland Europe took a turn for the worse.

114

The Temperate Zone

William Pitt complained that European politics offers only a choice of inhospitable extremes.