We know the thrilling, terrible stories of the battles of the Napoleonic wars - but what of those left behind? The people on a Norfolk farm, in a Yorkshire mill, a Welsh iron foundry, an Irish village, a London bank or a Scottish mountain? The aristocrats and paupers, old and young, butchers and bakers and candlestick makers - how did the war touch their lives? Jenny Uglow, the prize-winning author of The Lunar Men and Nature's Engraver, follows the gripping back-and-forth of the first global war, but turns the news upside down, seeing how it reached the people. Illustrated by the satires of Gillray, Rowlandson and the paintings of Turner and Constable, and combining the familiar voices of Jane Austen, Wordsworth, Scott and Byron with others lost in the crowd, In These Times delves into the archives to tell the moving story of how people lived and loved and sang and wrote, struggling through hard times and opening new horizons that would change their country for a century ahead.
| ISBN: | 9780571269532 |
| Publication date: | 18th June 2015 |
| Author: | Jenny Uglow |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber Non-Fiction an imprint of Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 752 pages |
| Primary Genre | History |
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We know the thrilling, terrible stories of the battles of the Napoleonic wars - but what of those left behind? The people on a Norfolk farm, in a Yorkshire mill, a Welsh iron foundry, an Irish village, a London bank or a Scottish mountain? The aristocrats and paupers, old and young, butchers and bakers and candlestick makers - how did the war touch their lives? Jenny Uglow, the prize-winning author of The Lunar Men and Nature's Engraver, follows the gripping back-and-forth of the first global war, but turns the news upside down, seeing how it reached the people. Illustrated by the satires of Gillray, Rowlandson and the paintings of Turner and Constable, and combining the familiar voices of Jane Austen, Wordsworth, Scott and Byron with others lost in the crowd, In These Times delves into the archives to tell the moving story of how people lived and loved and sang and wrote, struggling through hard times and opening new horizons that would change their country for a century ahead.
In These Times Living in Britain Through Napoleon's Wars, 1793-1815 features in the following genres: History, Biographies & Autobiographies, eBooks of the Month, History and Archaeology, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Recommendations
In These Times Living in Britain Through Napoleon's Wars, 1793-1815 is available in Paperback, Hardback
In These Times Living in Britain Through Napoleon's Wars, 1793-1815 was written by Jenny Uglow and published by Faber & Faber Non-Fiction an imprint of Faber & Faber
In These Times Living in Britain Through Napoleon's Wars, 1793-1815 has 752 pages
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