The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1940 - Commonwealth countries |
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Page 275
... important and consequently international affairs hold the centre of the stage after the close of the great wars . Fortunately some of her ablest statesmen held the seals of the Foreign Office from 1815 to 1837 and did their work so well ...
... important and consequently international affairs hold the centre of the stage after the close of the great wars . Fortunately some of her ablest statesmen held the seals of the Foreign Office from 1815 to 1837 and did their work so well ...
Page 278
... important in the economy of the Empire , but their prosperity and importance were on the wane . On the African side of the South Atlantic , the island of St Helena , which for a century and a half had been a port of call for the ships ...
... important in the economy of the Empire , but their prosperity and importance were on the wane . On the African side of the South Atlantic , the island of St Helena , which for a century and a half had been a port of call for the ships ...
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... important because behind them lay the desire of the British to prevent Russia from controlling the Bosporus and so exercising influence over Egypt and the imperial communications with India and the Far East . Meanwhile the populations ...
... important because behind them lay the desire of the British to prevent Russia from controlling the Bosporus and so exercising influence over Egypt and the imperial communications with India and the Far East . Meanwhile the populations ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Conflict with Revolutionary France 17931802 | 36 |
The Struggle with Napoleon 18031815 | 83 |
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