Germans in Britain Since 1500

by Panikos Panayi

German-speaking people have always lived, either as temporary or as long-term residents, in the British Isles. While the majority of the visitors arrived to pursue trade, others came for a wide variety of reasons. In the sixteenth century German reformers came to promote Protestantism. In 1714 the Elector of Hanover came because he had inherited the crown. In Victorian times Karl Marx wrote Das Kapital in the British Museum.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852851260
• ISBN13: 9781852851262
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.4"