English History: People, places and events that built a country

English History: People, places and events that built a country
Robert Peal

From prehistoric England, Stonehenge and the Romans to modern times, discover the people, places and events that built a country. A concise but comprehensive guide to English history and how England has come to be what it is today.Key events, people and places include:• The Anglo-Saxons and Vikings• 1066, Battle of Hastings• Richard 1 and The Crusades• Henry VIII, Thomas More, The Spanish Armada, Gunpowder Plot• Cromwell• World Wars 1 and 2• The NHS• The 1953 Coronation•  World Cup win•  The Beatles•  Margaret Thatcher•  Princess Diana•  BrexitBeautifully produced, Collins Little Book of English History is a treasure in itself and makes a perfect gift for any visitor to England or enthusiast about its history.

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Contents

Cover (#u979c5c87-be3e-5927-80d9-1437d294906c)

Title Page (#ueeb586a6-6265-557e-a7e6-67a86c9fe92d)

Copyright (#ulink_a3f7ffbf-cebc-5f04-b227-0ed9008e1262)

Introduction (#ulink_dfbf6c42-9c44-5ef4-be45-d834b47670a8)

English History (#ulink_87a12600-1120-5bac-ae55-a8d86ee986e7)

10,000 BC | Prehistoric England (#ulink_08c219e0-c9c2-5f09-904e-ebbae8696293)

3,000 BC | Stonehenge (#ulink_e135f975-7777-546a-8bd4-38105392fb1f)

AD 43 | The Romans (#ulink_5907c6b5-c5bf-52a5-9562-54615426e0e5)

AD 61 | Boudicca (#ulink_8c27e189-297a-5b3d-828d-c67dc625b8ea)

410 | Legend of King Arthur (#ulink_80fa4a53-0730-587e-b2ac-56ea1a8414f7)

400s | Anglo-Saxons (#ulink_417963b2-0106-5f15-b45a-486938217b11)

597 | The Arrival of Christianity (#ulink_10f7b97f-c5d9-57be-a537-5b53dd4df925)

793 | Viking Raids (#ulink_3fdae3fd-c0e6-56f1-a8c4-644ff556a7a6)

899 | Alfred the Great (#ulink_9e4e2880-5d25-593c-9911-7dd50e6ff161)

937 | Rex Angloram (#ulink_59acae8b-ee28-58c3-9c8c-c79075d21d17)

1042 | Edward the Confessor (#ulink_84661ce6-50f3-5147-a2e6-dbce67131ef7)

1066 | King Harold (#ulink_fb1103c7-cbf9-5f90-92fe-7270e353a91e)

1066 | Battle of Hastings (#ulink_f8a9a518-7c55-5cb9-8bbd-6c2b50abc8ce)

1060s and 70s | Norman Conquest (#ulink_19e552ae-ae9d-5a80-8475-b5751efc76c8)

1086 | Domesday Book (#ulink_8163e392-36d3-5cb9-8906-703ba90d6b13)

1170 | Murder of Thomas Becket (#ulink_4453fd94-d437-53d0-9f4e-5feb2f1305d8)

1204 | Eleanor of Aquitaine (#ulink_134442bd-30a2-5b27-ba11-13851ee45c46)

1215 | King John and the Magna Carta (#ulink_5313d871-d6a7-516d-815a-fe5de3350e42)

1200s | Robin Hood (#ulink_1598c1d8-5dca-566d-a864-35e52b0b20a2)

1265 | The first Parliament (#ulink_d35e108c-3fbe-5522-adf6-461e9db720e0)

1283 | The Conquest of Wales (#ulink_9d7ea372-2c21-5dc8-9931-fa554c928655)

1337 | The Hundred Years War (#ulink_dc0bce52-2a0a-5afc-a796-ce7b9f816c2f)

1348 | Order of the Garter (#litres_trial_promo)

1348 | The Black Death (#litres_trial_promo)