British History for Dummies

Name: British History for Dummies
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ISBN: 9780470978191

ISBN-10: 0470978198

ISBN-13: 9780470978191

Edition: 3rd 2011

Authors: Seï¿½n Lang, Seï¿½n Lang

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This is an irreverent but informative take on the people, institutions, disasters and triumphs that helped to shape modern-day Britain. Packing in facts alongside fun, the book offers an easy-to-follow account of why Britain's place in the world's imagination far exceeds its size and influence.

Book details

List price: $20.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 1/28/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 7.30" wide x 9.20" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English



Introduction



The British Are Coming!



So Much History, So Little Time



Sticks and Stone Age Stuff



Woad Rage and Chariots: The Iron Age in Britain



Everyone Else Is Coming! The Invaders



Ruled Britannia



Saxon, Drugs, and Rock ?n? Roll



Have Axe, Will Travel: The Vikings



1066 and All That Followed



Who?s in Charge Around Here? The Middle Ages



England Gets an Empire



A Right Royal Time - the Medieval Realms of Britain



Plague, Pox, Poll Tax, and Ploughing and Then You Die



Rights or Royals? The Tudors and Stuarts



Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Crown



A Burning Issue: The Reformation



Crown or Commons?



Old Problems, New Ideas



On the Up: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries



Let?s Make a Country



Survival of the Richest: The Industrial Revolution



Children of the Revolutions



Putting on My Top Hat - The Victorians



The Sun Never Sets - But It Don?t Shine Either



Don?t Look Down: The Twentieth Century



The Great War: The End of Innocence - and Everything Else?



Radio Times



TV Times



Interesting Times



The Parts of Tens



Ten Top Turning Points



Ten Major Documents



Ten Things the British Have Given the World (Whether the World Wanted Them or Not)



Ten Great British Places to Visit



Ten Britons Who Should Be Better Known


Index