The Story of Britain: From the Romans to the Present: A Narrative HistoryW. W. Norton & Company, 17 нояб. 2006 г. - Всего страниц: 848 “A beautifully written story, a box of delights, a treasure trove: final proof of truth’s superiority over fiction.”—Andrew Roberts A sparkling anecdotal account with the pace of an epic, about the men and women who created turning points in history. Rebecca Fraser's dramatic portrayal of the scientists, statesmen, explorers, soldiers, traders, and artists who forged Britain's national institutions is the perfect introduction to British history.Just as much as kings and queens, battles and empire, Britain's great themes have been the liberty of the individual, the rule of law, and the parliamentary democracy invented to protect them. Ever since Caractacus and Boudicca surprised the Romans with the bravery of their resistance, Britain has stood out as the home of freedom. From Thomas More to William Wilberforce, from Gladstone to Churchill, Britain's history is studded with heroic figures who have resisted tyranny in all its guises, whether it be the Stuart kings' belief in divine right, the institution of slavery, or the ambitions of Napoleon and Hitler. |
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... father, fled to Rome and the court of the Emperor Caligula. Now that Britain had been put on the map for the Romans by Caesar, conquering it had remained for the Roman government a perpetual but distant ambition: having resisted Caesar ...
... father, fled to Rome and the court of the Emperor Caligula. Now that Britain had been put on the map for the Romans by Caesar, conquering it had remained for the Roman government a perpetual but distant ambition: having resisted Caesar ...
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... Father St Augustine of Hippo, and had insisted that the doctrine of original sin was mistaken. The Scots and Irish Churches sprang from the work of two Romano-British Christian saints: St Patrick, who famously converted Ireland to ...
... Father St Augustine of Hippo, and had insisted that the doctrine of original sin was mistaken. The Scots and Irish Churches sprang from the work of two Romano-British Christian saints: St Patrick, who famously converted Ireland to ...
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... father of English history and one of the most influential writers of the first millennium in Europe, was born about 670. His tomb may still be seen at Durham Cathedral. Bede made it his business to search out the facts as opposed to the ...
... father of English history and one of the most influential writers of the first millennium in Europe, was born about 670. His tomb may still be seen at Durham Cathedral. Bede made it his business to search out the facts as opposed to the ...
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... father's practical nature and wasted his kingdom's resources on fruitless attempts to expand north into the country of the elusive Picts. The eighth century in England is generally known as the period of the Mercian Supremacy under two ...
... father's practical nature and wasted his kingdom's resources on fruitless attempts to expand north into the country of the elusive Picts. The eighth century in England is generally known as the period of the Mercian Supremacy under two ...
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... father of Alfred the Great, defeated a fleet of Vikings several hundred ships strong attacking Canterbury and London which had driven King Beorhtwulf of Mercia into exile. Another Wessex prince, Ethelbert, one of Alfred's brothers, who ...
... father of Alfred the Great, defeated a fleet of Vikings several hundred ships strong attacking Canterbury and London which had driven King Beorhtwulf of Mercia into exile. Another Wessex prince, Ethelbert, one of Alfred's brothers, who ...
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10661087 | 95 |
10871100 | 108 |
11001135 Stephen of Blois 11351154 120 | 120 |
11891199 John 11991216 146 | 146 |
Plantagenet | 165 |
13991413 | 209 |
14221461 | 221 |
The Commonwealth and Protectorate 16491660 | 351 |
16601685 361 James II 16851688 | 378 |
William and Mary 16891702 | 385 |
Anne 17021714 | 396 |
Hanoverian | 408 |
19011910 | 625 |
Windsor George V 19101936 | 639 |
1952 | 735 |
14611483 | 230 |
14831485 | 239 |
16031625 | 313 |
16251649 | 327 |
Further Reading | 786 |
Prime Ministers | 798 |
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