Ruled Britannia

Author : Harry Turtledove
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2002-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101212516

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Ruled Britannia by Harry Turtledove Pdf

The year is 1597. For nearly a decade, the island of Britain has been under the rule of King Philip in the name of Spain. The citizenry live under an enforced curfew—and in fear of the Inquisition’s agents, who put heretics to the torch in public displays. And with Queen Elizabeth imprisoned in the Tower of London, the British have no symbol to unite them against the enemy who occupies their land. William Shakespeare has no interest in politics. His passion is writing for the theatre, where his words bring laughter and tears to a populace afraid to speak out against the tyranny of the Spanish crown. But now Shakespeare is given an opportunity to pen his greatest work—a drama that will incite the people of Britain to rise against their persecutors—and change the course of history.

Author : Jonathan Scott
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139499934

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When the Waves Ruled Britannia by Jonathan Scott Pdf

How did a rural and agrarian English society transform itself into a mercantile and maritime state? What role was played by war and the need for military security? How did geographical ideas inform the construction of English – and then British – political identities? Focusing upon the deployment of geographical imagery and arguments for political purposes, Jonathan Scott's ambitious and interdisciplinary study traces the development of the idea of Britain as an island nation, state and then empire from 1500 to 1800, through literature, philosophy, history, geography and travel writing. One argument advanced in the process concerns the maritime origins, nature and consequences of the English revolution. This is the first general study to examine changing geographical languages in early modern British politics, in an imperial, European and global context. Offering a new perspective on the nature of early modern Britain, it will be essential reading for students and scholars of the period.

Author : John Nikas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-18
Category : Automobiles
ISBN : 0988273381

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Rule Britannia by John Nikas Pdf

Author : Melvin Burgess
Publisher : Andersen Press Limited
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781787612143

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Three Bullets by Melvin Burgess Pdf

The Bloods are in control and they’re desperate to turn Britain into the world they want to see: right, white, Christian supremist. Anyone who they call abnormal is a target. Amidst the chaos of civil war the country is on the move as small militia groups fight each other and a sea of refugees escapes the cities and the pursuing Bloods. When her home is destroyed in a bombing raid, Marti must strike out on a mission of her own - to save her father and get his vital software into the right hands. But Marti is mixed race and trans and has her young brother in tow. Crossing into enemy territory could prove suicidal. Yet Marti's enemies haven't reckoned with her indomitable will to survive - and the gun she carries, which has three bullets . . .

Author : Sujit Sivasundaram
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226790411

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Waves Across the South by Sujit Sivasundaram Pdf

"Per the UK publisher William Collins's promotional copy: "There is a quarter of this planet which is often forgotten in the histories that are told in the West. This quarter is an oceanic one, pulsating with winds and waves, tides and coastlines, islands and beaches. The Indian and Pacific Oceans constitute that forgotten quarter, brought together here for the first time in a sustained work of history." More specifically, Sivasundaram's aim in this book is to revisit the Age of Revolutions and Empire from the perspective of the Global South. Waves Across the South ranges from the Arabian Sea across the Indian Ocean to the Bay of Bengal, and onward to the South Pacific and Australia's Tasman Sea. As the Western empires (Dutch, French, but especially British) reached across these vast regions, echoes of the European revolutions rippled through them and encountered a host of indigenous political developments. Sivasundaram also opens the door to new and necessary conversations about environmental history in addition to the consequences of historical violence, the extraction of resources, and the indigenous futures that Western imperialism cut short"--

Author : Daphne du Maurier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Rule Britannia by Daphne du Maurier Pdf

Author : Hannah Rose Woods
Publisher : W H Allen
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0753558742

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Rule, Nostalgia by Hannah Rose Woods Pdf

** A FINANCIAL TIMES, NEW STATESMAN AND GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR ** 'A must read for anyone wanting to understand where the roots of our sense of a nation originated' - Janina Ramirez, bestselling author of Femina 'A sharp new history of longing for the good old days' - Financial Times 'Our national story is so much stranger than we think- this book brilliantly insists that we look at it afresh' - James Hawes, bestselling author of The Shortest History of England ____________________________________________________ How has nostalgia shaped Britain? Modern politicians implore us to draw on the 'Blitz Spirit' of wartime Britain, post-war Britons mourned the lost innocence of Edwardian life, anxious Edwardians longed to return to a golden era of Victorian optimism, while Victorian artists dreamt of retreating to a medieval, pre-industrial age. Longing to go back to the 'good old days' is nothing new, but it's also not what it used to be. Rule, Nostalgia is an eye-opening history of Britain's perennial fixation with its own past that explores why nostalgia has been such an enduring and seductive emotion across hundreds of years of change. Cultural historian Hannah Rose Woods paints a novel picture of Britain, both strange and familiar, separating the fact from the fantasy, debunking pervasive myths and illuminating the remarkable influence that nostalgia's perpetual backwards glance has had on our history, politics and society over the last five hundred years. This is a timely and enlightening interrogation of national character, emotion, identity and myth making that explores how this nostalgic isle's history was written, re-written and (rightly or wrongly) remembered.

Author : M. J. Trow,Richard Denham
Publisher : BLKDOG Publishing
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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World of Britannia: Historical Companion to the Britannia Series by M. J. Trow,Richard Denham Pdf

World of Britannia forms the historical background to the Britannia trilogy. The arrival of Rome’s legions, first under Julius Caesar, then Aulius Plautius in the first century is well documented, but the end of Roman rule in Britain remains forever in shadow, ‘illuminated’ only by contradiction and legend. The action of the Britannia series spans the period 367-415AD, the beginning of what historians, with some justification, used to call the Dark Ages. It was the twilight of a civilisation that had lasted for nearly five hundred years and Britain would never be the same again. This book documents the little we know, from written records and from archaeology and gives a snapshot of a world that was on the brink of vanishing. World of Britannia is an invaluable accompaniment to the series, providing insights that are not possible in historical fiction. As a standalone history book, it provides a fast-paced, easily-understood account of one of the least known eras in British history. ‘But we mustn’t forget. And we mustn’t let our children forget, or our children’s children.’ ‘Forget what?’ she frowned. ‘That there was a Wall and there were heroes of the Wall. And there was once a Britannia …’

Author : W.H.G Kingston
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752317282

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How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves by W.H.G Kingston Pdf

Reproduction of the original: How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves by W.H.G Kingston

Author : N A M Rodger
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141912578

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The Safeguard of the Sea by N A M Rodger Pdf

Throughout Britain's history, one factor above all others has determined the fate of the nation: its navy. N. A. M. Rodger's definitive account reveals how the political and social progress of Britain has been inextricably intertwined with the strength - and weakness - of its sea power, from the desperate early campaigns against the Vikings to the defeat of the great Spanish Armada. Covering policy, strategy, ships, recruitment and weapons, this is a superb tapestry of nearly 1,000 years of maritime history. 'No other historian has examined the subject in anything like the detail found here. The result is an outstanding example of narrative history' Barry Unsworth, Sunday Telegraph

Author : James Hamilton-Paterson
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780571271733

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Empire of the Clouds by James Hamilton-Paterson Pdf

In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of aircraft - a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. And what aircraft they were. The sleek Comet, the first jet airliner. The awesome delta-winged Vulcan, an intercontinental bomber that could be thrown about the sky like a fighter. The Hawker Hunter, the most beautiful fighter-jet ever built and the Lightning, which could zoom ten miles above the clouds in a couple of minutes and whose pilots rated flying it as better than sex. How did Britain so lose the plot that today there is not a single aircraft manufacturer of any significance in the country? What became of the great industry of de Havilland or Handley Page? And what was it like to be alive in that marvellous post-war moment when innovative new British aircraft made their debut, and pilots were the rock stars of the age? James Hamilton-Paterson captures that season of glory in a compelling book that fuses his own memories of being a schoolboy plane spotter with a ruefully realistic history of British decline - its loss of self confidence and power. It is the story of great and charismatic machines and the men who flew them: heroes such as Bill Waterton, Neville Duke, John Derry and Bill Beaumont who took inconceivable risks, so that we could fly without a second thought.

Author : Daphne Du Maurier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Americans
ISBN : OCLC:939644201

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Rule Britannia ; a Novel by Daphne Du Maurier Pdf

A story of how union with America becomes Britain's only alternative to bankruptcy. Emma shares a quiet life with her famous grandmother until an American warship appears in the harbour. They warily watch the friendly military occupation as the locals gather round to protect their heritage.

Author : Niall Ferguson
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780241958513

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Empire by Niall Ferguson Pdf

Niall Ferguson's acclaimed bestseller on the highs and lows of Britain's empire Once vast swathes of the globe were coloured imperial red and Britannia ruled not just the waves, but the prairies of America, the plains of Asia, the jungles of Africa and the deserts of Arabia. Just how did a small, rainy island in the North Atlantic achieve all this? And why did the empire on which the sun literally never set finally decline and fall? Niall Ferguson's acclaimed Empire brilliantly unfolds the imperial story in all its splendours and its miseries, showing how a gang of buccaneers and gold-diggers planted the seed of the biggest empire in all history - and set the world on the road to modernity. 'The most brilliant British historian of his generation ... Ferguson examines the roles of "pirates, planters, missionaries, mandarins, bankers and bankrupts" in the creation of history's largest empire ... he writes with splendid panache ... and a seemingly effortless, debonair wit' Andrew Roberts 'Dazzling ... wonderfully readable' New York Review of Books 'A remarkably readable précis of the whole British imperial story - triumphs, deceits, decencies, kindnesses, cruelties and all' Jan Morris 'Empire is a pleasure to read and brims with insights and intelligence' Sunday Times

Author : Denise Allen,Mike Bryan
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445690155

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Roman Britain and Where to Find It by Denise Allen,Mike Bryan Pdf

An illustrated history of the best Roman sites and artefacts to be found in Britain, for anyone wanting to discover the Roman past.

Author : Daphne du Maurier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Rule Britannia by Daphne du Maurier Pdf