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America and Britain At War PDF  David McCullough

America and Britain At War is a history book that revolves around the American civil war, written by David McCullough and published in 2005.

1776 America and Britain At War

1776 America and Britain At War by David McCullough

America and Britain At War pdf

America And Britain At War: ON THE AFTERNOON of Thursday, October 26, 1775, His Royal Majesty George III, King of England, rode in royal splendor from St. James’s Palace to the Palace of Westminster, there to address the opening of Parliament on the increasingly distressing issue of war in America.

The day was cool, but clear skies and sunshine, a rarity in London, brightened everything, and the royal cavalcade, spruced and polished, shone to perfection. In an age that had given England such rousing patriotic songs as “God Save the King” and “Rule Britannia,” in a nation that adored ritual and gorgeous pageantry, it was a scene hardly to be improved upon. An estimated 60,000 people had turned out.

They lined the whole route through St. James’s Park. At Westminster people were packed solid, many having stood since morning, hoping for a glimpse of the King or some of the notables of Parliament. So great was the crush that late-comers had difficulty seeing much of anything.

One of the many Americans then in London, a Massachusetts Loyalist named Samuel Curwen, found the “mob” outside the door to the House of Lords too much to bear and returned to his lodgings. It was his second failed attempt to see the King.

The time before, His Majesty had been passing by in a sedan chair near St. James’s, but reading a newspaper so close to his face that only one hand was showing, “the whitest hand my eyes ever beheld with a very large rose diamond ring,” Loyalist Curwen recorded.

The King’s procession departed St. James’s at two o’clock, proceeding at walking speed. By tradition, two Horse Grenadiers with swords drawn rode in the lead to clear the way, followed by gleaming coaches filled with nobility, then a clattering of Horse Guards, the Yeomen of the Guard in red and gold livery, and a rank of footmen, also in red and gold.

Finally came the King in his colossal golden chariot pulled by eight magnificent cream-coloured horses (Hanoverian Creams), a single postilion riding the left lead horse, and six footmen at the side. source: America And Britain At War.

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Book info

• Book Title: America and Britain At War
• Author: David McCullough
• Categories: Academic and Education
• Genre: Academic and Education, History.
• Language: English - French
• Pages: 223 Pages
• Size: 0, 458 Mo
• format: PDF.
• ISBN: Without ISBN

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