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The Story of Britain

by patrick dillon Author, P. J. Lynch Illustrator

covers from the norman conquest to the european union in short story overviews

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Resource Type
Book
ISBN
978076365122
Print Status
In Print
Chapters
139
Pages
339
Suggested Grades
6th - 12th
Geographical Setting
britain
Historical Setting
1066 - 2010
Publisher
Walker Books
Edition
1st
Copyright
2010

Chapters

  • 0 Introduction
  • 1 The Middle Ages: The Norman Conquest, pages 23-26
  • 2 The Middle Ages: Domesday Book pages 27-28
  • 3 The Middle Ages: The White Ship, pages 29-30
  • 4 The Middle Ages: Matilda, pages 31-32
  • 5 The Middle Ages: England's Neighbours, pages 33-35
  • 6 The Middle Ages: The King and the Archbishop, pages 36-39
  • 7 The Middle Ages: Richard the Lionheart and the Crusades, pages 40-41
  • 8 The Middle Ages: John Lackland and Robin Hood, pages 42-43
  • 9 The Middle Ages: Magna Carta, pages 44-45
  • 10 The Middle Ages: Simon de Montfort and Parliament, pages 46-47
  • 11 The Middle Ages: Wool, pages 48-49
  • 12 The Middle Ages: Edward Longshanks, pages 50-51
  • 13 The Middle Ages: The Expulsion of the Jews, pages 52-53
  • 14 The Middle Ages: Braveheart, pages 54-55
  • 15 The Middle Ages: Robert Bruce, King of Scotland, pages 56-58
  • 16 The Middle Ages: Edward II and Piers Gaveston, page 59
  • 17 The Middle Ages: Isabella and Mortimer, pages 60-61
  • 18 The Middle Ages: The Hundred Years War, pages 62-63
  • 19 The Middle Ages: The Black Prince, pages 64-65
  • 20 The Middle Ages: The Black Death, pages 66-67
  • 21 The Middle Ages: The Peasant's Revolt, pages 68-70
  • 22 The Middle Ages: The Canterbury Tales, page 71
  • 23 The Middle Ages: Owain Clyn Dwr;s Rebellion, pages 72-73
  • 24 The Middle Ages: Agincourt, page 74
  • 25 The Middle Ages: The Wars of the Roses, pages 75-76
  • 26 The Middle Ages: The Princes in the Tower, pages 77-78
  • 27 The Middle Ages: Richard's Downfall, page 79
  • 28 The Middle Ages: The End of the Middle Ages
  • 29 The Tudors: Henry VII, pages 89-90
  • 30 The Tudors: James IV of Scotland, pages 91-92
  • 31 The Tudors: Young Henry VIII, pages 93-94
  • 32 The Tudors: Cardinal Wolsey, pages 95-96
  • 33 The Tudors: The Reformation, pages 97-98
  • 34 The Tudors: The King's Great Matter, pages 99-101
  • 35 The Tudors: The Dissolution of the Monasteries, pages 101-102
  • 36 The Tudors: Henry's Wives, pages 103-105
  • 37 The Tudors: The Stripping of the Altars, Pages 106-107
  • 38 The Tudors: The Nine Days Queen, pages 112-113
  • 39 The Tudors: Bloody Mary, pages 110-111
  • 40 The Tudors: Queen Elizabeth, pages 112-113
  • 41 The Tudors: Mary, Queen of Scots, pages 114-118
  • 42 The Tudors: The Spanish Armada, pages 119-121
  • 43 The Tudors: War in Ireland, pages 122-123
  • 44 The Tudors: Elizabeth's Explorers, pages 124-125
  • 45 The Tudors: Merchants, pages 126-127
  • 46 The Tudors: "All the Word's a Stage", pages 128-129
  • 47 The Stuarts: Britain United, pages 135-136
  • 48 The Stuarts: The Gunpowder Plot, pages 137-138
  • 49 The Stuarts: The Mayflower, page 139
  • 50 The Stuarts: The Troubles of King Charles I, pages 140-142
  • 51 The Stuarts: The First Civil War, pages 143-145
  • 52 The Stuarts: The Second Civil War, pages 146-147
  • 53 The Stuarts: The King's Death, pages 148-149
  • 54 The Stuarts: Britain without a King, pages 149-150
  • 55 The Stuarts: Lord Protector, pages 151-152
  • 56 The Stuarts: The Year of Chaos, page 153
  • 57 The Stuarts: The Restoration, pages 154-155
  • 58 The Stuarts: Scientists, pages 156-158
  • 59 The Stuarts: Plague, pages 159-160
  • 60 The Stuarts: The Great Fire, pages 161-162
  • 61 The Stuarts: The Dutch Wars, page 163
  • 62 The Stuarts: The Exclusion Crisis, pages 164-165
  • 63 The Stuarts: Huguenots, page 166
  • 64 The Stuarts: The Glorious Revolution, pages 167-171
  • 65 The Stuarts: Toleration, page 172
  • 66 The Georgians: Slavery, pages 179-182
  • 67 The Union of England and Scotland, pages 183-184
  • 68 The Georgians: Marlborough's War, page 186
  • 69 The Georgians: A King from Germany, page 187
  • 70 The Georgians: The South Sea Bubble, pages 188-189
  • 71 The Georgians: Aristocrats, page 191
  • 72 The Georgians: Stand and Deliver! pages 192-193
  • 73 The Georgians: Bonnie Prince Charlie, pages 194-196
  • 74 The Georgians: Rule Britannia! pages 197-198
  • 75 The Georgians: India, pages 199-200
  • 76 The Georgians: Captain Cook, pages 201-202
  • 77 The Georgians: The Scottish Enlightenment, page 205-206
  • 78 The Georgians: The Madness of George III, pages 207-209
  • 79 The Georgians: The French Revolution, pages 209-220
  • 80 The Georgians: The Irish Rebellion, pages 211-212
  • 81 The Georgians: Napoleon Bonapart, pages 213-214
  • 82 The Georgians: Napoleon's Mistake
  • 83 The Georgians: The Battle of Waterloo, pages 218-220
  • 84 The Georgians: The End of the Slave Trade, pages 221-222
  • 85 The Georgians: The Romantics, page 223
  • 86 The Victorians: Being British, page 229
  • 87 The Victorians: The Peterloo Massacre, pages 230-232
  • 88 The Victorians: Daniel O'Connell, pages 233-234
  • 89 The Victorians: The Great Reform Act, pages 235-236
  • 90 The Victorians: The Industrial Revolution, pages 237-238
  • 91 The Victorians: Railways, pages 239-240
  • 92 The Victorians: Life in the Factories, pages 241-242
  • 93 The Victorians: Unions, page 243
  • 94 The Victorians: Better Lives, page 244
  • 95 The Victorians: The Great Exhibition, pages 246-247
  • 96 The Victorians: The Charge of the Light Brigade, pages 248-249
  • 97 The Victorians: Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole, pages 250-251
  • 98 The Victorians: The Indian Mutiny, pages 252-254
  • 99 The Victorians: Queen Empress, pages 255-258
  • 100 The Victorians: The Irish Famine, pages 259-260
  • 101 The Victorians: Home Rule for Ireland, pages 261-262
  • 102 The Victorians: Chartists and Communists, pages 263-264
  • 103 The Victorians: "Change is Inevitable", pages 265-266
  • 104 The Victorians: Suffragettes, pages 267-268
  • 105 The Victorians: The Edwardians, pages 269-270
  • 106 The Twentieth Century: Germany, pages 277-278
  • 107 The Twentieth Century: The Great War, pages 279-280
  • 108 The Twentieth Century: Life in the Trenches, pages 281-284
  • 109 The Twentieth Century: The End of the War, pages 285-286
  • 110 The Twentieth Century: The Jazz Age, pages 287-288
  • 111 The Twentieth Century: War in Ireland, pages 290-291
  • 112 The Twentieth Century: The Russian Revolution, pages 292-293
  • 113 The Twentieth Century: The General Strike, pages 294-295
  • 114 The Twentieth Century: The Great Depression, pages 296-297
  • 115 The Twentieth Century: The Nazis, pages298-299
  • 116 The Twentieth Century: Hitler and Germany, pages 300-302
  • Exam 1
  • 117 The Twentieth Century: The Second World War Begins, page 303
  • 118 The Twentieth Century: Dunkirk, page 304
  • 119 The Twentieth Century: The Battle of Britain, pages 305-306
  • 120 The Twentieth Century: The Blitz, pages 308-309
  • 121 The Twentieth Century: Life in the War, page 310
  • 122 The Twentieth Century: The Allies, pages 311-312
  • 123 The Twentieth Century: War All Over The World, page 313
  • 124 The Twentieth Century: The Holocaust, page314
  • 125 The Twentieth Century: The War in the West, page 315
  • 126 The Twentieth Century: D-Day, pages 316-318
  • Exam 2
  • 127 The Twentieth Century: The Nuclear Bomb, pages 319-320
  • 128 The Twentieth Century: The Welfare State, pages 321-322
  • 129 The Twentieth Century: The End of the Empire, pages 323-325
  • 130 The Twentieth Century: The Cold War, pages 326-328
  • 131 The Twentieth Century: The Sixties, pages 329-333
  • 132 The Twentieth Century: Britain in Trouble, pages 331-332
  • 133 The Twentieth Century: Immigration, pages 333-334
  • 134 The Twentieth Century: A New Start, pages 335-336
  • 135 The Twentieth Century: What Next? pages 337-339
  • Exam 3

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