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A dazzling onevolume history of britain, both narrative and anecdotal. Using this as 1 of 6 books for a british history high school class. Tombs entertainingly describes englands frequent aggressive adventures into other peoples countries, not least its immediate neighbors. Explore books by rebecca fraser with our selection at. Yes, if you are not familiar with all the characters of henry viiis reign, you might have trouble followingwikipedia a bit and youll get a better picture. A peoples history of the united states, 1492present by howard zinn. But, despite the british peoples roman habits, the dissolution of the empire was changing their way of life even before they were assaulted by the anglosaxons, reliance upon whose arms was storing up a terrible fate for them. A sparkling anecdotal account with the pace of an epic, about the men and women who created turning points in history. Sandy is a lecturer in american history at the university of liverpool and codirector of the centre for the study of international slavery. Angus calders book though is in some ways a very narrow history, because it looks at the war through the eyes of the people of britain. Article in the journal of modern african studies 4903.

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