A stirring trip through the essentials of British History.

Britain's past brought right up to date.

This book is a riotous, irreverent account of the people and events that have shaped Britain. It's a "who, what, when, where and why" that reads like a thriller and a comedy rolled into one. Inside you'll find rip-roaring stories of power-mad kings, executions, invasions, high treason, global empire-building and forbidden love - not bad for a nation of stiff upper lips.

Discover:

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  Famous and infamous Britons
  
  
  
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  Key royal, military and cultural eras
  
  
  
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  Power in Britain: who lost it, who took it
  
  
  
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  The rise and fall of Britain's global empire
  
  
  
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  History as it connects to Britain today