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
Additional Details
- 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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