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What are the 50 key events you need to understand to grasp
British history?
If you could choose the 50 things that define British history,
events of significance not only in themselves, but in their
importance to wider themes running through our past, what would
they be? Hugh Williams has made that selection, and the result is a
fascinating overview of Britain s past.
He refines British history into a series of key themes that
represent a crucial strand in our history, and pinpoints the
seminal events within those strands - Roots, from the Roman
invasion to Britain s entry into the Common Market; Fight, Fight
and Fight Again, from the Battle of Agincourt to the Falklands War;
The Pursuit of Liberty, from the Magna Carta through the Glorious
Revolution to the foundation of the NHS; Home and Abroad, from Sir
Francis Drake and Clive of India to the arrival of the SS Empire
Windrush; and All Change, from Chaucer and the English language to
the invention of the jet engine.
With great clarity, simplicity and a zest for the marvellous
stories that underpin many of these events, Hugh Williams explains
the linkage between each one and its importance in the progress of
British history as a whole. Along the way, he has some fascinating
tales to tell, making this a highly enjoyable read as well as a
perceptive insight into our shared past, and vital for anyone who
wants quickly and enjoyably to grasp the essential facts about
Britain s history."
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River Poems (Hardcover)
Various; Edited by Henry Hughes; Contributions by William Shakespeare, Alice Oswald, Seamus Heaney, …
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R371
R301
Discovery Miles 3 010
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Rivers were the arteries of our first civilizations - the Tigris
and Euphrates of Mesopotamia, India's Ganges, Egypt's Nile, the
Yellow River of China - and have nourished modern cities from
London to New York, so it is natural that poets have for centuries
drawn essential meanings and metaphors from their endless currents.
English poets from Shakespeare and Dryden, Wordsworth and Byron to
Ted Hughes, John Betjeman and Alice Oswald; Irish poets - Eavan
Boland, Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon, to name but a few; Scottish
and Welsh poets from Henry Vaughan and Robert Louis Stevenson to
Robin Robertson and Gillian Clarke. A whole raft of American poets
from Whitman, Emerson and Emily Dickinson to Langston Hughes, Mary
Oliver, Natasha Trethewey and Grace Paley. Folk songs.
African-American spirituals. Poems from ancient Egypt and Rome.
From medieval China and Japan. And a truly international selection
of modern poets from Europe (France, Italy, Russia, Serbia), India,
Africa, Australia and South and Central America, all combining in
celebration of the rivers of the world. From the Mississippi to the
Limpopo. From the Dart to the Danube. Plunge in.
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The Misfortunes of Arthu
Thomas Hughes, William Fulbeck, Nicholas Trotte
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R497
Discovery Miles 4 970
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