The Story of Britain is an accessible one-volume history that clearly depict Britain's origins—and explain how the past shaped the nation's current identity. He begins the story of Britain from the very earliest recorded Celtic times, and with this new edition has now brought it up to date via the Blair years and into the present day of Brexit Britain. A magnificently eloquent volume, the narrative chronicles two thousand years of Britain's history, the triumph of its people, the glory of its culture, and its dramatic influence on other nations of the world, especially the United States. It is a remarkable achievement and, with his passion, enthusiasm and wide-ranging knowledge, Strong is the ideal narrator. The book is ideally suited for everyone who cares about Britain's past.
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The Story of Britain
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Preface to the 2018 edition
- Preface to the 1966 edition
- 1. The Island
- 2. Britannia
- 3. Roman Britain
- 4. Darkness and Dawn
- 5. Alfred and the Vikings
- 6. The Kingdom of England
- 7. 1066
- 8. The Conquest: Loss and Gain
- 9. The Norman Kings
- 10. The First Plantagenet
- 11. The End of an Empire
- 12. The Gothic Age
- 13. Towards a United Island
- 14. An Incompetent King
- 15. The Hundred Years War
- 16. The Black Death
- 17. The Great Revolt
- 18. The Fate of Richard II
- 19. The Father of English Poetry
- 20. The Victor of Agincourt
- 21. The Wars of the Roses
- 22. Return to Order: Edward IV
- 23. Violent Interlude: Richard III
- 24. William Caxton, Printer
- 25. Return to Order: The Tudors
- 26. Reformation and Revolution
- 27. A Man For All Seasons
- 28. The Turbulent Decade
- 29. A New Identity
- 30. Armada
- 31. Gloriana’s England
- 32. Immortal Shakespeare
- 33. An Untrustworthy Dynasty
- 34. The King’s Arcadia
- 35. Three Kingdoms in Crisis
- 36. The British Vitruvius
- 37. War
- 38. The World Upside Down
- 39. A Failed Republic
- 40. A Failed Protectorate
- 41. The Search for Stability
- 42. The Unexpected Revolution
- 43. The Birth of a Great Power
- 44. Instability and Change
- 45. From Magic to Science: Isaac Newton
- 46. The Rule of the Elite
- 47. The Richest Country
- 48. The Pursuit of Happiness
- 49. Reason and Enthusiasm
- 50. Paradise Regained: ‘Capability’ Brown
- 51. Disintegration and Defeat
- 52. World War and the Invention of Britain
- 53. The New Man: William Wilberforce
- 54. Revolution Averted: The Great Reform Bill
- 55. Country into Town: The Industrial Revolution
- 56. Information and Intervention
- 57. The Final Decades of Aristocratic Rule
- 58. The Lady with the Lamp
- 59. Victorian Britain: The Classless Society
- 60. Charles Darwin and the Origin of Species
- 61. Coming to Terms with Democracy
- 62. Ireland Departs
- 63. Pax Britannica
- 64. Splendid Isolation and War
- 65. Two Uncertain Decades
- 66. Alone
- 67. Utopia Comes and Goes
- 68. Consensus and the Mismanagement of Decline
- 69. Empire to Europe
- 70. A New Beginning?
- 71. The Consumer Society
- 72. ‘New Britain’
- 73. Postscript: Brexit and Beyond
- Kings and Queens
- Prime Ministers
- Picture Credits
- Index
- Copyright
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