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A Short History of England: The Glorious Story of a Rowdy Nation

By Simon Jenkins

Book information

Publisher
PublicAffairs
Year
2011
ISBN
161039142X, 9781610391429
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
17 MB (18194167 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
384\0
Time added
2013-12-21 22:40:38

Description

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 London Times 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.

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