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The Shortest History of England: Empire and Division from the Anglo-Saxons to Brexit―A Retelling for Our Times (Shortest History Series)
By James Hawes
The Shortest History of England: Empire and Division from the Anglo-Saxons to Brexit―A Retelling for Our Times (Shortest History Series)
By James Hawes
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Description
This bracing tour of the most powerful country in the United Kingdom reveals an England repeatedly invaded and constantly reinvented-yet always fractured by its very own Mason-Dixon Line. It carries us swiftly through centuries of conflict between Crown and Parliament (starring the Magna Carta), America's War of Independence, the rise and fall of empire, two World Wars, and England's break from the EU. We discover:
- - why the American colonists of 1776 believed that they were the true Anglo-Saxons- how the British Empire was undermined from within- why Winston Churchill said the UK could only be saved by splitting up England itself- and how populism spawned Brexit and its "new elite."
The Shortest History of England brings all this and more to prescient life-offering the most direct, compelling route to understanding the country behind today's headlines. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read.
Product details
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Number of Pages:
- 304
- Release Date:
- 2022-03-29
- Publication Date:
- 2022-03-29
- Publisher:
- The Experiment
- Languages:
- Published: English, Original: English
- ISBN10:
- 1615198148
- GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
- [email protected]
- Weight:
- 1050 g
- Height:
- 19.8 cm
- Width:
- 13.2 cm
- Thickness:
- 2.2 cm
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