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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Chronology | |
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| Kings and queens of Britain | |
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| Roots: The Origins of Britain | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Stonehenge 3100 to 2200 BC | |
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| The Roman Invasion of Britain 43 AD | |
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| Saint Augustine Arrives in Britain 597 AD | |
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| Alfred the Great Becomes King of Wessex 871 AD | |
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| The Battle of Hastings 1066 | |
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| The Dissolution of the Monasteries 1536 | |
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| The Birth of William Shakespeare 1564 | |
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| The Act of Union 1707 | |
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| The Irish Home Rule Bill 1886 | |
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| Britain Signs the Treaty of Rome 1973 | |
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| Struggle: The Battles for Britain | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Battle of Agincourt 1415 | |
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| The Battle of Bosworth 1485 | |
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| The Spanish Armada 1588 | |
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| The Battle of Naseby 1645 | |
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| The Battle of Blenheim 1704 | |
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| The Battle of Trafalgar 1805 | |
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| The Battle of Waterloo 1815 | |
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| The Battle of the Somme 1916 | |
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| The Battle of Britain 1940 | |
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| The Battle of Goose Green 1982 | |
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| The Sea: Britain at Home and Abroad | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Sir Francis Drake and the Circumnavigation of the Globe 1577-1580 | |
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| The Voyage of the Pilgrim Fathers 1620 | |
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| The South Sea Bubble 1711-1720 | |
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| The Battle of Plassey 1757 | |
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| The Surrender of the British Army at Yorktown, Virginia 1781 | |
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| The Abolition of Slavery 1833 | |
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| The Afghanistan Massacre 1842 | |
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| The Discovery of the Victoria Falls by David Livingstone 1855 | |
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| The Partition of India 1947 | |
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| The Arrival of the ss Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks 1948 | |
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| Freedom: The Pursuit of Liberty | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Magna Carta 1215 | |
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| The Peasants' Revolt 1381 | |
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| The Gunpowder Plot 1605 | |
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| The Execution of Charles I 1649 | |
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| The Glorious Revolution and the Bill of Rights 1688-1689 | |
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| Sir Robert Walpole Becomes Prime Minister 1721 | |
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| The Publication of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations 1776 | |
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| The Great Reform Act 1832 | |
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| The Foundation of the Women's Social and Political Union 1903 | |
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| The Creation of the National Health Service 1948 | |
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| Ingenuity: Britain's Innovations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales 1387 | |
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| The Authorised Version of the Bible 1611 | |
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| The Foundation of the Bank of England 1694 | |
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| The Longitude Act 1714 | |
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| James Watt Patents His Steam Engine Condenser 1769 | |
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| The Metropolitan Police Act 1829 | |
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| The Publication of Charles Darwin's On The Origin of Species 1859 | |
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| The Football Association Publishes 'The Laws of Football' 1863 | |
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| The Foundation of the BBC 1927 | |
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| Frank Whittle Designs the First Turbo Jet Engine 1930 | |
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| Index | |
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| Picture and text acknowledgements | |