- 250 pages
- English
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A History of England
About this book
First Published in 1947, A History of England combines a concise record of events with an absorbing picture of England's evolution in the political, social, economic, and cultural spheres. It brings important themes like Britain under the Romans; the Norman conquest; Edward I and the parliaments; the civil war; Oliver Cromwell and Puritan England; the revolution of 1688; England in the eighteenth and nineteenth century; the defeat of Napoleon; the early twentieth century and the first German war; Britain between the two wars; British foreign policy between 1919 to 1939 and the Second World War and after. This comprehensive volume is a must read for students of British history.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Original Title Page
- Original Copyright Page
- Preface
- Preface to Paperback Edition
- Preface to Third Edition
- Table of Contents
- I. Britain under the Romans
- II. The Anglo-Saxons
- III. Alfred: The Danish Invasions: The Norman Conquest
- IV. The Angevins and the Great Charter
- V. Edward I and ‘Parliaments’
- VI. The Hundred Years War: Lancastrians and Yorkists
- VII. The End of the ‘Middle Ages’
- VIII. The Tudor Monarchy and the Church
- IX. The Elizabethan Age
- X. The Breakdown of the Royal Government
- XI. The Civil War: Oliver Cromwell and Puritan England
- XII. The Reign of Charles II: The Revolution of 1688: The War against Louis XIV
- XIII. England in the Eighteenth Century
- XIV. Walpole: Chatham: The Loss of America: The Defeat of Napoleon
- XV. England in the Nineteenth Century
- XVI. Free Trade: Sir Robert Peel and Lord Palmerston
- XVII. Mr Gladstone and Ireland: Imperialism: The South African War
- XVIII. The Early Twentieth Century and the First German War
- XIX. Great Britain between the Two Wars: Domestic Politics and Economic Problems
- XX. British Foreign Policy from 1919 to 1939
- XXI. The Second German War and After
- Index