| Edition |
Rev. ed., Reprinted and updated. |
| Description |
240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Early invaders - 2. Three centuries of peace 43-410 -- 3. Rise and fall of Wessex 410-1066 -- 4. From despotism to anarchy 1066-1154 -- 5. Making of the nation 1154-1307 -- 6. Foreign war and civil war 1307-1485 -- 7. Renaissance, reformation and a new world 1485-1603 -- 8. King, parliament and civil war 1603-1649 -- 9. Cromwell and a united commonwealth 1649-1660 -- 10. From restoration to revolution 1660-1688 -- 11. Toleration and the struggle with France 1688-1714 -- 12. Cabinet government and the first British Empire 1714-1760 -- 13. Loss of the American colonies 1760-1783 -- 14. Industrial Revolution and Napoleonic War 1783-1830 -- 15. Reform, free trade and prosperity 1832-1865 -- 16. Gladstone and Disraeli 1865-1886 -- 17. Conservatives and Imperialism 1886-1905 -- 18. Liberal reform and the First World War 1906-1918 -- 19. Between two wars 1918-1939 -- 20. Second World War and after 1939-1990. |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- History.
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| ISBN |
0500271828 |
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