Bibliograph

1815:, Regency Britain in the year of Waterloo, Stephen Bates

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1815:, Regency Britain in the year of Waterloo, Stephen Bates

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

1815:

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Stephen Bates

Series statement

The Year In

Sub title

Regency Britain in the year of Waterloo

Summary

1815 was the year of Waterloo, the British victory that ended Napoleon's European ambitions and ushered in a century largely of peace for Britain. But what sort of country were Wellington's troops fighting for? And what kind of society did they return to? Stephen Bates paints a vivid portrait of every aspect of Britain in 1815. Overseas, the bounds of Empire were expanding; while at home the population endured the chill of economic recession. As Jane Austen busied herself with the writing of Emma, John Nash designed Regent Street, Humphrey Davy patented his safety lamp for miners and Lord's cricket ground held its first match in St John's Wood, and a nervous government infiltrated dissident political movements and resorted to repressive legislation to curb free speech

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Eighteen fifteen

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