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In A Bash with The British Empire , David Harper takes a humorous look at the three hundred plus years that the British Empire ruled over much of the world.The book covers many from fashion and the various forms of make-up used; bathing in strange baths; inventions (the toothbrush, bicycle, postage stamps, food preservation, the telegraph line, and more); amazing engineering feats in the form of bridges, the underground and cathedrals; sport; employment; democracy (the suffragettes) - and the list goes on!In reading this wonderful book you get to learn all sorts of facts. You will be able to impress everyone you know with your new-found knowledge!You might be interested in learning the origins of football, rugby, snooker - and the Christmas Cracker!There is even a very funny account on how a Maharajah gets revenge on that great British institution, Rolls-Royce!
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A Bash With The British Empire, David Harper
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2023
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- Titel
- A Bash With The British Empire
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- David Harper
- Verlag
- Olympia Publishers
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2023
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 260
- ISBN10
- 1800748582
- ISBN13
- 9781800748583
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Sozialwissenschaften, Geschichte
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- Beschreibung
- In A Bash with The British Empire , David Harper takes a humorous look at the three hundred plus years that the British Empire ruled over much of the world.The book covers many from fashion and the various forms of make-up used; bathing in strange baths; inventions (the toothbrush, bicycle, postage stamps, food preservation, the telegraph line, and more); amazing engineering feats in the form of bridges, the underground and cathedrals; sport; employment; democracy (the suffragettes) - and the list goes on!In reading this wonderful book you get to learn all sorts of facts. You will be able to impress everyone you know with your new-found knowledge!You might be interested in learning the origins of football, rugby, snooker - and the Christmas Cracker!There is even a very funny account on how a Maharajah gets revenge on that great British institution, Rolls-Royce!