Fraser, Rebecca, The story of Britain , 2005
- Title(s):
The story of Britain : from the Romans to the present : a narrative history / Rebecca Fraser.
- Additional Title(s):
People's history of Britain
- Edition:
- 1st American ed.
- Published/Created:
- New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2005.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 829 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Holdings:
- Reference LibraryDA16 .F737 2005 (LC)Accessible in the Reference Library [Hours]
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- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/6802900
- Related Content:
- Table of contents
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- "Originally published in Great Britain under the title A People's history of Britain"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Subject Terms:
- Great Britain -- History -- Anecdotes.
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- Ethelbert of Kent to the Viking invasions (597/865)
- Alfred the Great to the Battle of Hastings (865/1066)
- Norman and Angevin
- William I (1066/1087)
- William II (1087/1100)
- Henry I (1100/1135)
- Stephen of Blois (1135/1154)
- Henry II (1154/1189)
- Richard I (1189/1199)
- John (1199/1216)
- Henry III (1216/1272)
- Edward I (1272/1307)
- Edward II (1307/1327)
- Edward III (1327/1377)
- Richard II (1377/1399)
- Henry IV (1399/1413)
- Henry V (1413/1422)
- Henry VI (1422/1461)
- Edward IV (1461/1483)
- Edward V (1483)
- Richard III (1483/1485)
- Henry VII (1485/1509)
- Henry VIII (1509/1547)
- Edward VI (1547/1553)
- Mary I (1553/1558)
- Elizabeth I (1558/1603)
- James I (1603/1625)
- Charles I (1625/1649)
- Divine right (1625/1642)
- War (1642/1649)
- The Commonwealth and Protectorate (1649/1660)
- Charles II (1660/1685)
- James II (1685/1688)
- William and Mary (1689/1702)
- Anne (1702/1714)
- George I (1714/1727)
- George II (1727/1760)
- George III (1760/1820)
- Patriot king (1760/1793)
- The French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars (1793/1815)
- Radical agitation (1815/1820)
- George IV (1820/1830)
- William IV (1830/1837)
- Victoria (1837/1901)
- Corn laws and Irish famine (1837/1854)
- Palmerstonian aggression (1854/1868)
- Gladstone and Disraeli (1868/1886)
- Imperialism and socialism (1886/1901)
- Edward VII (1901/1910)
- George V (1910/1936)
- Last years of
- peace (1910/1914)
- The First World War (1914/1918)
- Peacemaking and the rise of Fascism (1918/1936)
- Edward VIII (1936)
- George VI (1936/1952)
- The failure of appeasement (1936/1939)
- The Second World War (1939/1945)
- Reform at home, Communism abroad (1945/1952)
- Elizabeth II (1952/)
- Wind of change (1952/1964)
- The sick man of Europe (1964/1979)
- The Thatcher legacy (1979/2002)
- Further reading
- Genealogies
- Prime ministers.