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The Battlefields of England by Alfred H. Burne
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Alfred H. Burne

1 The most recent biography of Queen Margaret passes over this point in silence. 1 It is not certain that Norfolk himself was present. 1 The present bridge is of ...
( Category: England March 4,2015 )
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Vol 2: The New World by Winston S. Churchill
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-04-28 | Author:Winston S. Churchill

At this decisive moment England’s monarchy might well have conformed to the absolutism which was becoming general throughout Europe. Events however took a different turn. The King was by no ...
( Category: Colonial Period March 4,2015 )
A Brief History of Britain 1066-1485 (Brief Histories) by Nicholas Vincent
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-06-16 | Author:Nicholas Vincent [Vincent, Nicholas]

EDWARD I TO EDWARD III, 1272–1377 In the 1080s, Robert Curthose, son of William the Conqueror, had declared that he would become King of England even if he were in ...
( Category: Great Britain March 4,2015 )
The Fields Beneath by Gillian Tindall
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-07-10 | Author:Gillian Tindall

* As with the National Schools, these two localities were then grouped together; of the two, Kentish Town figured first, as the more established centre. † A contemporary map shows ...
( Category: England March 4,2015 )
Aristocrats: Power, Grace, and Decadence: Britain's Great Ruling Classes from 1066 to the Present by James Lawrence
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-06-29 | Author:James, Lawrence [James, Lawrence]

For the aristocracy and gentry, the enforcement of the Game Laws was the defence of their legitimate property rights, their prestige in the countryside and the sovereignty of the law. ...
( Category: Great Britain March 4,2015 )
Dangerous Talk by Cressy David
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-09-16 | Author:Cressy, David [Cressy, David]

Catholic Crimes A final strand of seditious speech came from the Catholic subjects of Charles I. Most Catholics, of course, held their tongues, but a few spoke boldly against their ...
( Category: England March 4,2015 )
British History for Dummies by Sean Lang
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2010-04-21 | Author:Sean Lang

Boom, shake the room – the Gunpowder Plot If James thought the Puritans were a problem (see the preceding section), he hadn’t yet met the Catholics. James was as good ...
( Category: Great Britain March 4,2015 )
Castles, Customs, and Kings: True Tales by English Historical Fiction Authors
mobi |eng | 2013-09-19 | Author:English Historical Fiction Authors

LLOYD’S: LIFEBLOOD OF BRITISH COMMERCE AND STARBUCKS OF ITS DAY BY LINDA COLLISON Ships have always played a major role in the import and export of goods; even today, ninety ...
( Category: Essays March 4,2015 )
A History of Britain - Volume 2: The British Wars 1603-1776 by Simon Schama
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-12-31 | Author:Simon Schama [Schama, Simon]

CHAPTER 5 BRITANNIA INCORPORATED IN WILLIAMITE BRITAIN, showing up late could get you killed. William III came from a culture that set great store by good timing. In 1688, his ...
( Category: Great Britain March 4,2015 )
The Making of the British Landscape by Pryor Francis
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-04-19 | Author:Pryor, Francis [Pryor, Francis]

SPAS AND RESORTS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY I noted at the start of this chapter that resorts and spa towns played an important part in the development of Britain as ...
( Category: Historic March 4,2015 )
Homo Britannicus by Chris Stringer
mobi, epub |eng | 2006-08-29 | Author:Chris Stringer

but their genes may never have impacted the gene pools of the main populations. We don’t, of course, know what language capabilities either the Neanderthals or the Cro-Magnons had, and ...
( Category: General March 4,2015 )
London's Strangest Tales by Quinn Tom
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-04-14 | Author:Quinn, Tom [Quinn, Tom]

TRAFALGAR SQUARE – PERMANENTLY UNFINISHED 1838 Present-day Trafalgar Square is built on the site where Henry VIII and earlier kings once kept their birds of prey and their horses. The ...
( Category: England March 4,2015 )
A Brief History of Britain 1485-1660 by Hutton Ronald
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-06-16 | Author:Hutton, Ronald [Hutton, Ronald]

Witchcraft One spectacular expression of those tensions was the trial and execution of individuals suspected of witchcraft: that is, of harming other human beings, or their possessions, by the use ...
( Category: Great Britain March 4,2015 )
Honourable Company: A History of The English East India Company by John Keay
mobi, epub |eng | 1991-01-01 | Author:John Keay

It is a wonder to us that any of you live six months, and that there are not more quarrellings and duellings amongst you, if half these liquors were guzzled ...
( Category: India March 4,2015 )
The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
epub, pdf | | 2015-03-02 | Author:Alison Weir [Weir, Alison]

Northumberland was at King's College, Cambridge when, on the morning of 20 July, he heard that Mary had been proclaimed in London. In a desperate attempt to save his neck, ...
( Category: England March 4,2015 )

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