The day parliament burned down / Caroline Shenton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shenton, Caroline.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Parliament.

Great Britain.

Public administration--Great Britain.

Public administration.

Great Britain--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (373 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the early evening of 16 October 1834, to the horror of bystanders, a huge ball of fire exploded through the roof of the Houses of Parliament, creating a blaze so enormous that it could be seen by the King and Queen at Windsor, and from stagecoaches on top of the South Downs. In front of hundreds of thousands of witnesses the great conflagration destroyed Parliament's glorious old buildings and their contents. No one who witnessed the disaster would ever forget it.The events of that October day in 1834 were as shocking and significant to contemporaries as the death of Princess Diana was to u

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Note to the Reader; Prologue; 1. Thursday, 16 October 1834, 6 a.m.: Mr Hume's motion for a new House; 2. Thursday, 16 October 1834, 7 a.m.: Novelty, novelty, novelty; 3. Thursday, 16 October 1834, 9 a.m.: Worn-out, worm-eaten, rotten old bits of wood; 4. Thursday, 16 October 1834, 3 p.m.: Manifest indications of danger; 5. Thursday, 16 October 1834, 6 p.m.: One of the greatest instances of stupidity upon record; 6. Thursday, 16 October 1834, 7 p.m.: The brilliancy of noonday

7. Thursday, 16 October 1834, 8 p.m.: Immense and appalling splendour8. Thursday, 16 October 1834, 9 p.m.: Damn the House of Commons!; 9. Thursday, 16 October 1834, 10 p.m.: But save, oh save the Hall!; 10. Thursday, 16 October 1834, 11 p.m.: Milton's Pandemonium; 11. Friday, 17 October 1834, Midnight: A national calamity; 12. Friday, 17 October 1834, 1 a.m.: Emptying the Thames; 13. Friday, 17 October 1834, 3.30 a.m.: Thank God we seem all safe; 14. Friday, 17 October 1834, 4 a.m.: Guy Faux has rose again; 15. Friday, 17 October 1834, 6 a.m.: Past peril; Epilogue; Dramatis Personae; Notes

BibliographyIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-19-161178-6

1-280-77738-9

9786613687777

0-19-161177-8

OCLC:

795831260