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The 2nd volume in this comprehensive naval history details the design and employment of British warships through the 18th century. The Hanoverian dynasty that came to power with the accession of George I in 1714 inherited the largest navy in the world. In the course of the century, this force would see a vast amount of action against nearly every major navy, reaching a pinnacle of success in the Seven Years War only to taste defeat in the American Revolution. This superb reference book outlines the service history of every ship that fought for the Royal Navy in the great wars of the eighteenth century—well over 2000 vessels. The book is organized by Rate, classification and class. The tech...
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From the mid 1700's to the early 1900's there was a mass exodus of people from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. During the reign of Queen Victoria, from 1837 to 1901, around fifteen million people emigrated to America, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. The reasons they left the country of their birth were many and varied. There was high unemployment in the working classes due to the Industrial Revolution, the Agricultural Revolution, the Enclosure Movement and the Land Clearances. The potato famines in Ireland and Scotland caused starvation and death, prompting a mass exodus from those areas. This story follows the lives of three families who immigrated to Sout...
Discover Grave Mistake, a standalone in the Amethyst's Wand Shop Mysteries series featuring pathologist Doctor Stacey Branes, and forensics expert Doctor Gabriel Rook, as they're called to a two bodies, one coffin murder. This is a standalone urban fantasy friends to lovers/brother's best friend romance with necromancers. Two bodies in one coffin is just a normal day for necromancer and forensic pathologist, Stacey Barnes. Doctor Stacey Barnes has always had strict rules about her dating life, mostly in order to avoid thinking about the head of forensics in a way she shouldn't. Gabriel Rook has known Stacey since they were kids and he used to hang out with her brother, but now he sees her di...
Reprint of the original, first published in 1857. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.