A short history of England [electronic resource] : the glorious story of a rowdy nation

The heroes and villains, triumphs and disasters of English history are instantly familiar—from the Norman Conquest to Henry VIII, Queen Victoria to the two World Wars. But to understand their full significance we need to know the whole story. A Short History of England sheds new light on all the key individuals and events in English history by bringing them together in an enlightening account of the country’s birth, rise to global prominence, and then partial eclipse. Written with flair and authority by Guardian columnist and London Times former editor Simon Jenkins, this is the definitive narrative of how today’s England came to be. Concise but comprehensive, with more than a hundred color illustrations, this beautiful single-volume history will be the standard work for years to come. Introduction Saxon dawn : 400-600 The birth of England : 600-800 The Danes : 800-1066 William the Conqueror : 1066-1087 The Conqueror's children : 1087-1154 Henry and Becket : 1154-1189 Magna Carta : 1189-1216 Henry III and Simon de Montfort : 1216-1272 Hammering the Celts : 1272-1330 The Hundred Years War : 1330-1377 The Peasants' Revolt to the loss of France : 1377-1453 The Wars of the Roses : 1453-1483 Bosworth and Henry Tudor : 1483-1509 Henry VIII : 1509-1547 Reformation, Counter-Reformation : 1547-1558 Good Queen Bess : 1558-1603 Early Stuarts : 1603-1642 Civil War : 1642-1660 Restoration : 1660-1688 Glorious Revolution : 1688-1714 Walpole and Pitt the Elder " 1714-1774 From Boston to Waterloo : 1774-1815 The road to reform : 1815-1832 Victorian dawn : 1832-1868 Gladstone and Disraeli : 1868-1901 The Edwardians : 1901-1914 The First World War : 1914-1918 The locust years : 1918-1939 The Second World War : 1939-1945 The welfare state : 1945-1979 Thatcherism : 1979-1990 Thatcher's children : 1990-2011 Epilogue One hundred key dates Kings and queens of England from 1066 Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom Author's Note. The heroes and villains, triumphs and disasters of English history are instantly familiar—from the Norman Conquest to Henry VIII, Queen Victoria to the two World Wars. But to understand their full significance we need to know the whole story.__A Short History of England__ sheds new light on all the key individuals and events in English history by bringing them together in an enlightening account of the country’s birth, rise to global prominence, and then partial eclipse. Written with flair and authority by __Guardian__ columnist and __London Times__ former editor Simon Jenkins, this is the definitive narrative of how today’s England came to be. Concise but comprehensive, with more than a hundred color illustrations, this beautiful single-volume history will be the standard work for years to come. The heroes and villains, triumphs and disasters of English history are instantly familiar — from the Norman Conquest to Henry VIII, Queen Victoria to the two World Wars. But to understand their full significance we need to know the whole story. A Short History of England sheds new light on all the key individuals and events in English history by bringing them together in an enlightening account of the country's birth, rise to global prominence, and then partial eclipse. Written with flair and authority by Guardian columnist and London Times former editor Simon Jenkins, this is the definitive narrative of how today's England came to be. Concise but comprehensive, with more than a hundred color illustrations, this beautiful single-volume history will be the standard work for years to come. The heroes and villains, triumphs and disasters of English history are instantly familiar—from the Norman Conquest to Henry VIII, Queen Victoria to the two world wars. But to understand their full significance we need to know the whole story. A Short History of England sheds new light on all the key individuals and events in English history by bringing them together in an enlightening account of the country’s birth, rise to global prominence, and then partial eclipse. It is the definitive narrative of how today’s England came to be.

With 16 Pages of Glorious, Full-Color Illustrations

Presents an overview of the history of England from the Saxons to today and provides lists of kings and queens with the date of they ruled, prime ministers, and one hundred key dates in the nation's history. Presents an overview of the history of England from the Saxons to today and provides lists of kings and queens with the dates they ruled, prime ministers, and one hundred key dates in the nation's history