Dominion - Peter Ackroyd
Language: EnglishKeywords: 
1815-1901
 British empire
 England
 Queen Victoria
Shared by:jodindy
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Read by Derek Perkins
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged
Series: The History of England, Book 5
Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
Publisher: 2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Dominion, the fifth volume in Peter Ackroyd’s 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 scientific advances changed the old pieties of the Church of England and spread secular ideas among the population. Though intense industrialization brought booming times for the factory owners, the working classes were still subjected to poor housing, long work hours, and dire poverty. Yet by the end of Victoria’s reign, the British Empire dominated much of the globe, and Britannia really did seem to rule the waves.
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This post has 9 comments with rating of 5/5
November 28th, 2020
Superbio, jo. I’ve been following Ackroyd’s sequence. Quite a versatile chap, is Peter.
November 28th, 2020
caesar, do they/you still use the phrase ‘chin up’ in England?
I say it to myself 20 times a day since the pandemic began. It beats all alternative attitudes. ‘Deal with it’ is the closest Canadian & American version of ‘chin up’ except it’s kinda derogatory/snotty.
‘chin up’ - We will get by, we will survive…(covid)
https://youtu.be/GkUtz8cP3tM
November 28th, 2020
It’s very much a “they” situation, ap. If I were British/English, I think it’d be a chin down scenario at the moment, with the triumvirate of cataclysms: Covid, Brexit & Boris. Their economy now is as mythical as the Loch Ness monster, with Nessie being decidedly more credible.
“Chin up” is probably - like everything else over there - a “class” thing. It’s a bit like something Trevor Howard might say in “Brief Encounter” as he was trying to stiff upper lip his way through WW2. Of course, a lot of them still think they’re fighting the Second World War, while living in Downton Abbey.
I’m glad to hear that you’re a little more optimistic than your cosmic horror fixation would indicate!
November 28th, 2020
Our politicians (here in Ireland) used to engage in the Covid cant that we were “all in this together” - they were forced to stop repeating this empty cliche, given that it wasn’t even remotely close to being true, and it just pissed people off.
November 29th, 2020
Thank you ever so much for uploading this! I’ve been searching high and low for this, and now I can finally finish this series!
November 30th, 2020
Thank you for this!
November 30th, 2020
Thank you
December 1st, 2020
Superb! Thank you so much jodindy! Been looking forward to this for over a year ;)
December 31st, 2021
can anyone seed please?
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