The story of Britain
Subtitle: from the Romans to the present : a narrative history
By: Rebecca Fraser.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 829
Subjects: Great Britain -- History -- Anecdotes.
Genres: Anecdotes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 786-787) and index.
"Originally published in Great Britain under the title A People's history of Britain"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Ethelbert of Kent to the Viking invasions (597/865); title: Alfred the Great to the Battle of Hastings (865/1066); title: Norman and Angevin; title: William I (1066/1087); title: William II (1087/1100); title: Henry I (1100/1135); title: Stephen of Blois (1135/1154); title: Henry II (1154/1189); title: Richard I (1189/1199); title: John (1199/1216); title: Henry III (1216/1272); title: Edward I (1272/1307); title: Edward II (1307/1327); title: Edward III (1327/1377); title: Richard II (1377/1399); title: Henry IV (1399/1413); title: Henry V (1413/1422); title: Henry VI (1422/1461); title: Edward IV (1461/1483); title: Edward V (1483); title: Richard III (1483/1485); title: Henry VII (1485/1509); title: Henry VIII (1509/1547); title: Edward VI (1547/1553); title: Mary I (1553/1558); title: Elizabeth I (1558/1603); title: James I (1603/1625); title: Charles I (1625/1649); title: Divine right (1625/1642); title: War (1642/1649); title: The Commonwealth and Protectorate (1649/1660); title: Charles II (1660/1685); title: James II (1685/1688); title: William and Mary (1689/1702); title: Anne (1702/1714); title: George I (1714/1727); title: George II (1727/1760); title: George III (1760/1820); title: Patriot king (1760/1793); title: The French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars (1793/1815); title: Radical agitation (1815/1820); title: George IV (1820/1830); title: William IV (1830/1837); title: Victoria (1837/1901); title: Corn laws and Irish famine (1837/1854); title: Palmerstonian aggression (1854/1868); title: Gladstone and Disraeli (1868/1886); title: Imperialism and socialism (1886/1901); title: Edward VII (1901/1910); title: George V (1910/1936); title: Last years of peace (1910/1914); title: The First World War (1914/1918); title: Peacemaking and the rise of Fascism (1918/1936); title: Edward VIII (1936); title: George VI (1936/1952); title: The failure of appeasement (1936/1939); title: The Second World War (1939/1945); title: Reform at home, Communism abroad (1945/1952); title: Elizabeth II (1952/); title: Wind of change (1952/1964); title: The sick man of Europe (1964/1979); title: The Thatcher legacy (1979/2002); title: Further reading; title: Genealogies; title: Prime ministers.