Great Britain
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2006-11-17 | Author:Rebecca Fraser [Fraser, Rebecca]
George II (1727–1760) In most ways George II was a far nicer man than his father; like George I he was a brave soldier, but taller and better looking. He ...
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Great Britain
March 4,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-12-01 | Author:Robert Lacey
ROUNDHEADS V. CAVALIERS 1642–8 LADY MARY BANKES WAS A FORMIDABLE WOMAN, THE mother of fourteen children. When the Civil War broke out in August 1642 it fell to her to ...
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England
March 4,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Mike Ashley
NC. JORVIK (YORK) Jorvik, the Danish kingdom of York, was essentially the same as the old Saxon kingdom of Deira in Northumbria (see page 269). From 910 the kingdom was ...
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Great Britain
March 4,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-09-24 | Author:Ackroyd, Peter [Ackroyd, Peter]
The syntax might be faulty, but the fervour is evident. When they were not at prayer they debated predestination, election, justification and reprobation. They also discussed more political affairs. Ought ...
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England
March 4,2015 )
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 ...
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England
March 4,2015 )
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 )
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 ...
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Great Britain
March 4,2015 )
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 ...
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England
March 4,2015 )
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. ...
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Great Britain
March 4,2015 )
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 ...
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England
March 4,2015 )
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 ...
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Great Britain
March 4,2015 )
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 )
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 )
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 ...
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Historic
March 4,2015 )
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 )
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