Who Put the 'great' in Great Britain?: The History of Great Britain : Fascinating Facts and Everyday Phrases ExplainedThis volume looks at the legacy of British history in the way we talk and the things we say. It takes us from the departure of the Romans from Britain up to and including the Middle Ages. |
Contents
Romans and Celts Angles | 1 |
Black Prince 66 | 4 |
British Isles 159 | 16 |
William the Conqueror and Norman Britain | 27 |
The Three Lions of England and a King with a | 47 |
The Hundred Years War | 63 |
From Simon de Montfort to the Chiltern Hundreds | 77 |
Courts Crafts and Colleges | 93 |
Elizabethan England | 133 |
James I and the Union Jack | 147 |
Two Kings Called Charles and Cromwell in | 171 |
Charles I | 186 |
William and Mary and the German Kings of | 205 |
the French Revolution and | 225 |
Work Play and the Queens | 249 |
A Taste of the | 271 |
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Who Put the 'great' in Great Britain?: The History of Great Britain ... Peter Ryding No preview available - 2006 |
Common terms and phrases
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