The story of Britain : from the Romans to the present : a narrative history
Chronicles the history of Britain from Roman times to the present day
Print Book, English, 2005
1st American ed View all formats and editions
W.W. Norton & Co., New York, 2005
Anecdotes
xvii, 829 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
9780393060102, 9780393329025, 0393060101, 039332902X
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Ethelbert of Kent to the Viking invasions (597/865)
Alfred the Great to the Battle of Hastings (865/1066)
Norman and Angevin
William I (1066/1087)
William II (1087/1100)
Henry I (1100/1135)
Stephen of Blois (1135/1154)
Henry II (1154/1189)
Richard I (1189/1199)
John (1199/1216)
Henry III (1216/1272)
Edward I (1272/1307)
Edward II (1307/1327)
Edward III (1327/1377)
Richard II (1377/1399)
Henry IV (1399/1413)
Henry V (1413/1422)
Henry VI (1422/1461)
Edward IV (1461/1483)
Edward V (1483)
Richard III (1483/1485)
Henry VII (1485/1509)
Henry VIII (1509/1547)
Edward VI (1547/1553)
Mary I (1553/1558)
Elizabeth I (1558/1603)
James I (1603/1625)
Charles I (1625/1649)
Divine right (1625/1642)
War (1642/1649)
The Commonwealth and Protectorate (1649/1660)
Charles II (1660/1685)
James II (1685/1688)
William and Mary (1689/1702)
Anne (1702/1714)
George I (1714/1727)
George II (1727/1760)
George III (1760/1820)
Patriot king (1760/1793)
The French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars (1793/1815)
Radical agitation (1815/1820)
George IV (1820/1830)
William IV (1830/1837)
Victoria (1837/1901)
Corn laws and Irish famine (1837/1854)
Palmerstonian aggression (1854/1868)
Gladstone and Disraeli (1868/1886)
Imperialism and socialism (1886/1901)
Edward VII (1901/1910)
George V (1910/1936)
Last years of peace (1910/1914)
The First World War (1914/1918)
Peacemaking and the rise of Fascism (1918/1936)
Edward VIII (1936)
George VI (1936/1952)
The failure of appeasement (1936/1939)
The Second World War (1939/1945)
Reform at home, Communism abroad (1945/1952)
Elizabeth II (1952/)
Wind of change (1952/1964)
The sick man of Europe (1964/1979)
The Thatcher legacy (1979/2002)
Further reading
Genealogies
Prime ministers
"Originally published in Great Britain under the title A People's history of Britain"--Title page verso