“A LOW, SURLY GROWL”: RETURNING TO BRITAIN AFTER THE NAPOLEONIC WARS Evan Wilson "Britain in 1815 was an empire of contrasts. It had just won a world war; it had just allowed its most dangerous enemy to return. It had enormously powerful armed services; it was dismantling those services to save money. It was leading the world in industrialization; it was deeply in debt. It was on the cusp of its greatest century; it was on the cusp of revolution...."
very interesting, in fact - all those last three books presented by Tom, all of high interest, at least for me.