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Mammoth Book of How it Happened in Britain


Mammoth Book of How it Happened in Britain


Mammoth Books

von: Jon E. Lewis

3,49 €

Verlag: Robinson
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 01.03.2012
ISBN/EAN: 9781780337289
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 160

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From Julius Caesar's arrival in 55bc to the dawn of the third millennium, here are 300 accounts of exciting and important moments from first hand sources. Featuring snapshots of wartime, political and social unrest, natural disasters, and great individual achievements, plus vignettes of social life - from cockfighting in Tudor inns to a Victorian Sunday in the country. Includes the Battle of Hastings in 1066; the execution in 1649 of Charles I; an account of the Great Fire of London, 1666; the death of Lord Nelson at Trafalgar, 1805; Wellington's triumph at Waterloo, 1815; the 1912 Antarctic Expedition: the last letters of Captain Scott; Frank Richard's 1914 account of Christmas in the trenches; the Battle of Britain in 1940; England winning the World Cup, 1966; and the death of the Princess of Wales in 1997 - and much more.

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