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The History of the UK
The History of the UK
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Medieval melee followed-Plantagenets plotting in Tower greens, Magna Carta's barons shoving quills at John's chin, a brew of border reivers and Robin Hood's tax dodges that stitched England from the fray. Empire's salt stung deep: Tudors' Mary scorching Protestants while Elizabeth's sea dogs nipped Spanish gold, Cromwell's republic crumbling into Restoration revels amid plague pits and fire-gutted London. Industrial hammers fell hard-Watt's steam puffing Manchester mills, navvies spiking railways through soot-choked dales, while Victoria's brood bloated borders from Bengal bazaars to Boer kopjes. It was a realm of rum and rifles, where Kipling's verses veiled the vultures circling native necks.
Twentieth-century thunder cracked the crown: Somme's mud graves swallowing tommies, Blitz bombs rattling Big Ben till VE Day's victory V's veiled the ration queues. Suez's '56 fumble shrank the map, Thatcher's '79 grip grinding miners amid Falklands fog, Blair's spin dancing into Iraq dust while Brexit's '16 ballot boxed the isles in blue passports. The UK's no tidy tea tray-it's a haggis heart of heather and hubris, proving a soggy scepter can swing the world's sway.
Product details
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Edition:
- 1
- Number of Pages:
- 192
- Release Date:
- 2025-11-08
- Publication Date:
- 2025-11-12
- Publisher:
- De Fryske Wrâld
- Languages:
- Original: English
- ISBN10:
- 3565084197
- ISBN13:
- 9783565084197
- GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
- [email protected]
- Minimum Reading Age:
- 1
- Maximum Reading Age:
- 99
- Weight:
- 287 g
- Height:
- 152 cm
- Width:
- 229 cm
- Thickness:
- 11 cm
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