Short History of England The Glorious Story of a Rowdy Nation

Name: Short History of England The Glorious Story of a Rowdy Nation
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ISBN: 9781610392310

ISBN-10: 1610392310

ISBN-13: 9781610392310

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Authors: Simon Jenkins

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The heroes and villains, triumphs and disasters of English history are instantly familiarfrom the Norman Conquest to Henry VIII, Queen Victoria to the two World Wars. But to understand their full significance we need to know the whole story.A Short History of Englandsheds new light on all the key individuals and events in English history by bringing them together in an enlightening account of the country’s birth, rise to global prominence, and then partial eclipse. Written with flair and authority byGuardiancolumnist andLondon Timesformer editor Simon Jenkins, this is the definitive narrative of how today’s England came to be. Concise but comprehensive, with more than a hundred color…

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List price: $23.99
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication date: 3/12/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English



Introduction


Saxon Dawn 410-600


The Birth of England 600-800


The Danes 800-1066


William the Conqueror 1066-1087


The Conqueror's Children 1087-1154


Henry and Becket 1154-1189


Magna Carta 1189-1216


Henry III and Simon de Montfort 1216-1272


Hammering the Celts 1272-1330


The Hundred Years War 1330-1377


The Peasants Revolt to the Loss of France 1377-1453


The Wars of the Roses 1453-1483


Bosworth and Henry Tudor 1483-1509


Henry VIII 1509-1547


Reformation, Counter Reformation 1547-1558


Good Queen Bess 1558-1603


Early Stuarts 1603-1642


Civil War 1642-1660


Restoration 1660-1688


Glorious Revolution 1688-1714


Walpole and Pitt the Elder 1714-1774


From Boston to Waterloo 1774-1815


The Road to Reform 1815-1832


Victorian Dawn 1832-1868


Gladstone and Disraeli 1868-1901


The Edwardians 1901-1914


The First World War 1914-1918


The Locust Years 1918-1939


The Second World War 1939-1945


The Welfare State 1945-1979


Thatcherism 1979-1990


Thatcher's Children 199O-2011


Epilogue


One Hundred Key Dates


Kings and Queens of England From 1066


Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom


Author's Note


List of Illustrations


Index