Stories From English History
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Author | : Robert Lacey |
Publisher | : Little, Brown |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2004-06-03 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0759511616 |
With insight, humor and fascinating detail, Lacey brings brilliantly to life the stories that made England -- from Ethelred the Unready to Richard the Lionheart, the Venerable Bede to Piers the Ploughman. The greatest historians are vivid storytellers, Robert Lacey reminds us, and in Great Tales from English History, he proves his place among them, illuminating in unforgettable detail the characters and events that shaped a nation. In this volume, Lacey limns the most important period in England's past, highlighting the spread of the English language, the rejection of both a religion and a traditional view of kingly authority, and an unstoppable movement toward intellectual and political freedom from 1387 to 1689. Opening with Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and culminating in William and Mary's "Glorious Revolution," Lacey revisits some of the truly classic stories of English history: the Battle of Agincourt, where Henry V's skilled archers defeated a French army three times as large; the tragic tale of the two young princes locked in the Tower of London (and almost certainly murdered) by their usurping uncle, Richard III; Henry VIII's schismatic divorce, not just from his wife but from the authority of the Catholic Church; "Bloody Mary" and the burning of religious dissidents; Sir Francis Drake's dramatic, if questionable, part in the defeat of the Spanish Armada; and the terrible and transformative Great Fire of London, to name but a few. Here Anglophiles will find their favorite English kings and queens, villains and victims, authors and architects - from Richard II to Anne Boleyn, the Virgin Queen to Oliver Cromwell, Samuel Pepys to Christopher Wren, and many more. Continuing the "eminently readable, highly enjoyable" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) history he began in volume I of Great Tales from English History, Robert Lacey has drawn on the most up-to-date research to present a taut and riveting narrative, breathing life into the most pivotal characters and exciting landmarks in England's history.
Author | : Frederick York Powell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1882 |
Genre | : Readers |
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Author | : Helene Adeline Guerber |
Publisher | : Wentworth Press |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2019-03-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781010614913 |
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Author | : English history |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 1846 |
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Author | : David Reynolds |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2020-03-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1541646916 |
This history of Britain set in a global context for our times offers a new perspective on how the rise and fall of an empire shaped modern European politics. When the British voted to leave the European Union in 2016, the country's future was thrown into doubt. So, too, was its past. The story of British history is no longer a triumphalist narrative of expanding global empire, nor one of ever-closer integration with Europe. What is it now? In Island Stories, historian David Reynolds offers a multi-faceted new account of the last millennium to make sense of Britain's turbulent present. With sharp analysis and vivid human detail, he examines how fears of decline have shaped national identity, probes Britain's changing relations with Europe, considers the creation and erosion of the "United Kingdom," and reassesses the rise and fall of the British Empire. Island Stories is essential reading for anyone interested in global history and politics in the era of Brexit.
Author | : Hilda Skae |
Publisher | : Ozymandias Press |
Total Pages | : 55 |
Release | : 2018-01-30 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1531277721 |
There was a time, many years ago, when this England of ours was a savage country. The oldest stories that we read about our island happened so long ago, that the English had not yet come to the land where we live. In those days, the country was not called England but Britain; and the people were the ancient Britons.
Author | : Henry Pitt Warren |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 508 |
Release | : 1901 |
Genre | : England |
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Author | : Albert Franklin Blaisdell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1897 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
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Author | : S. Hall |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2023-04-10 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3382178117 |
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Author | : English history |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 1874 |
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