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100 1 $aSchneer, Jonathan.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82073106
245 14 $aThe Thames /$cJonathan Schneer.
260 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$c2005.
300 $axi, 330 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (some color), maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aOriginally published: London : Little, Brown, 2005.
520 1 $a"The Thames, England's greatest river - for centuries an aid to trade, a stalwart of national defense, a stage for some of England's greatest historical events, an inspiration to some of England's best poets and artists, a challenge to engineers. Yet while there is a constancy in the history of the river, there is also change. This book charts the diverse meanings of the river over the course of millennia, from prehistoric to modern times." "From the elephants on the bank of the prehistoric river to Caesar's expeditionary force; from King Alfred's battleships to the signing of the Magna Carta; from the river's role in both the coronation and execution of Anne Boleyn to seventeenth-century frost fairs and the first performance of Handel's "Water Music"; from Turner's view of the river as arcadia through its bombardment during the Blitz, The Thames provides an intimate portrait of the waterway at the heart of English history."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aThames River (England)$xHistory.
651 0 $aThames Valley (England)$xHistory.
651 0 $aThames River (England)$xIn art.
651 0 $aThames Valley (England)$xIn art.
650 0 $aRivers$zEngland$xHistory.
852 00 $bbar$hDA670.T2$iS24 2005