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Author : George Macaulay Trevelyan
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UOM:39015004162320
Author : George Macaulay Trevelyan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 603 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Gran Bretaña- - Historia
ISBN : OCLC:627355675
Author : Simon Jenkins
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610391436
The heroes and villains, triumphs and disasters of English history are instantly familiar—-from 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 England sheds 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 by Guardian columnist and LondonTimes former 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 illustrations, this beautiful single-volume history will be the standard work for years to come.
Author : George Macaulay Trevelyan
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : PSU:000061478237
Author : James Hawes
Publisher : The Experiment, LLC
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781615198153
How the most powerful country in the UK was forged by invasion and conquest, and is fractured by its north-south divide. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read. England—begetter of parliaments and globe-spanning empires, star of beloved period dramas, and home of the House of Windsor—is not quite the stalwart island fortress that many of us imagine. Riven by an ancient fault line that predates even the Romans, its fate has ever been bound up with that of its neighbors; and for the past millennia, it has harbored a class system like nowhere else on Earth. This bracing tour of the most powerful country in the United Kingdom reveals an England repeatedly invaded and constantly reinvented—yet always fractured by its very own Mason-Dixon Line. It carries us swiftly through centuries of conflict between Crown and Parliament (starring the Magna Carta), America’s War of Independence, the rise and fall of empire, two World Wars, and England’s break from the EU. We discover: why the American colonists of 1776 believed that they were the true Anglo-Saxons how the British Empire was undermined from within why Winston Churchill said the UK could only be saved by splitting up England itself and how populism spawned Brexit and its “new elite.” The Shortest History of England brings all this and more to prescient life—offering the most direct, compelling route to understanding the country behind today’s headlines.
Author : G. K. Chesterton
Publisher : 谷月社
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
I INTRODUCTION II THE PROVINCE OF BRITAIN III THE AGE OF LEGENDS IV THE DEFEAT OF THE BARBARIANS V ST. EDWARD AND THE NORMAN KINGS VI THE AGE OF THE CRUSADES VII THE PROBLEM OF THE PLANTAGENETS VIII THE MEANING OF MERRY ENGLAND IX NATIONALITY AND THE FRENCH WARS X THE WAR OF THE USURPERS XI THE REBELLION OF THE RICH XII SPAIN AND THE SCHISM OF NATIONS XIII THE AGE OF THE PURITANS XIV THE TRIUMPH OF THE WHIGS XV THE WAR WITH THE GREAT REPUBLICS XVI ARISTOCRACY AND THE DISCONTENTS XVII THE RETURN OF THE BARBARIAN XVIII CONCLUSION
Author : Jeremy Black
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472586681
Covering over 2,000 years in under 200 pages, Jeremy Black takes the reader on a breathless tour of British history, providing invaluable context for students of any period. A truly British overview, this book covers all four constituent parts of the UK, as well as migration to and from Britain, and introduces questions of national identity and collective memory. The author begins by considering how the geography of Britain has influenced its development and goes on to examine the formation of its society and political culture. Resisting the Whiggish tradition of triumphalist national histories, Jeremy Black provides a balanced and sensitive account in his trademark pithy style. This new edition has been considerably revised and expanded, bringing the coverage right up to the present day, including what the Scottish referendum on independence says about the nature of modern 'Britishness'.
Author : Mike Ashley
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472117311
Here is the whole of recorded British royal history, from the legendary King Alfred the Great onwards, including the monarchies of England, Scotland, Wales and the United Kingdom for over a thousand years. Fascinating portraits are expertly woven into a history of division and eventual union of the British Isles - even royals we think most familiar are revealed in a new and sometimes surprising light. This revised and shortened edition of The Mammoth Book of British Kings & Queens includes biographies of the royals of recorded British history, plus an overview of the semi-legendary figures of pre-history and the Dark Ages - an accessible source for students and general readers.
Author : George Macaulay Trevelyan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 603 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:65568960
Author : Mary Platt Parmele
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-10
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547155904
This history book is concise but very detailed and the author has succeeded in covering major events and figures in just enough detail to give understanding and knowledge, but not so much that the reader feels swamped by information. It covers the period from earliest times to 1900.
Author : George Macaulay Trevelyan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : OCLC:7834923
Author : Arthur Leslie Morton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9350022559
Author : Robert Tombs
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 1106 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101873366
Named a Book of the Year by the Daily Telegraph, Times Literary Supplement, The Times, Spectator, and The Economist The English first materialized as an idea, before they had a common ruler and before the country they lived in even had a name. From the armed Saxon bands that descended onto Roman-controlled Britain in the fifth century to the travails of the Eurozone plaguing the prime-ministership of today's multicultural England, acclaimed historian Robert Tombs presents a momentous and challenging history of a people who have a claim to be the oldest nation in existence. Drawing on a wealth of recent scholarship, Tombs sheds light on the strength and resilience of English governance, the deep patterns of division among the people who have populated the British Isles, the persistent capacity of the English to come together in the face of danger, and not the least the ways the English have understood their own history, have argued about it, forgotten it and yet been shaped by it. Momentous and definitive, The English and Their History is the first single-volume work on this scale for more than half a century.
Author : William E. Burns
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Culture
ISBN : 9781438127378
A Brief History of Great Britain narrates the history of Great Britain from the earliest times to the 21st century, covering the entire island England, Wales, and Scotland as well as associated archipelagos such as the Channel Islands, the Orkneys, and Ireland as they have influenced British history. The central story of this volume is the development of the British kingdom, including its rise and decline on the world stage. The book is built around a clear chronological political narrative while incorporating treatment of social, economic, and religious issues. Coverage includes: Early Settlements, Celts, and Romans Anglo-Saxons, Scots, and Vikings Scotland, England, and Wales Britain in the Late Middle Ages The Making of Protestant Britain Industry and Conquest Britain in the Age of Empire An Age of Crisis The Age of Consensus A House Divided.
Author : Clyve Jones
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843837176
This institutional history charts the development and evolution of parliament from the Scottish and Irish parliaments, through the post-Act of Union parliament and into the devolved assemblies of the 1990s. It considers all aspects of parliament as an institution, including membership, parties, constituencies and elections.