British History for Dummies

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Wiley, Jan 30, 2007 - History - 444 pages
Bestseller! Now with extended coverage of modern 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. Always get those kings and queens confused? Never sure what happened when? You need this book. 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.

Praise for British History For Dummies

'It puts the history of Britain into the sort of perspective I've always hoped for.'
—Terry Jones, Monty Python star and co-author of Who Murdered Chaucer?

'Honestly – you can't beat British History For Dummies.'
—Bernard Cornwell, author of the Sharpe novels

Discover how to

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

About the author (2007)

Sean Lang studied history at Oxford and has been teaching it to school, college, and university students for the past twenty years. He has written textbooks on nineteenth and twentieth century history, and is co-editor of Modern History Review. Sean regularly reviews textbooks for the Times Educational Supplement and has written on history teaching for the Council of Europe. He is a Research Fellow in History at Anglia Ruskin University and Honorary Secretary of the Historical Association, and is currently undertaking research on women in nineteenth-century British India.

Bibliographic information

TitleBritish History for Dummies
Dummies Guides
For Dummies
AuthorSeán Lang
Edition2
PublisherWiley, 2007
ISBN0470060727, 9780470060728
Length444 pages
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History / Europe / Great Britain / General
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