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'Claiming there are only 150 key things you really need to know that have shaped in the story of Britain, this book delivers them in easy to swallow, bite-sized chunks' - Best of BritishA bestseller in 2008, Remember Remember has continued to enlighten and entertain readers wanting to brush up on their history. Lively, exciting, full of great stories and humorous asides, this book looks at the key events in British history, covering all the important dates, people and events. Each subject is presented in short, self-contained 'articles', designed to be dipped into on the readers whim. Concise and authoritative, Remember, Remember makes history interesting and accessible for everyone once again.… (altro)
This is a cracking little book: it may be read cover to cover in little more than an hour - even by a reading sloth such as my good self.
Sometimes, I find that I get lost in an area of history and struggle to connect it to the big picture. This is where this tome is invaluable. Just one word of warning, it is just a tad, "Britain the great Empire builder can do no wrong" in its approach but, a healthy dose of cynicism can deal with that.
Definitely worth a place on the bookshelf - and it will soon become a well thumbed friend. ( )
This is a great little book for an overview of British history from Roman times through World War II. Though each section is, as advertised, brief, there are some interesting personal tidbits about monarchs and statesmen. ( )
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For Grandpa, December 7, 1889 - December 18, 1977
Driver RJ Barrett, Royal Field Artillery Regimental number 9863 Served in France and Italy Military Medal awarded October 28, 1918
Incipit
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This book was born out of a desire to encapsulate the whole sweep of British history -- from the Roman invasion to the end of the Second World War -- in no more than 150 entries, each no longer than 250 words. (Introduction)
The Romans were empire builders on a mission to spread their civilization to barbarian lands.
Citazioni
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Anglo-Saxons worshipped multiple pagan gods such as Tuw, Wodin, Thunor (later Thor) and Friya, who gave their names to four days of the week. (Sunday and Monday are paganistically named after the sun and moon, but Saturday, after Saturn, retains Roman influence.)
The Anglo-Saxon language formed the basis of modern-day English, giving us the word "England" ("Angle-land") among others.
Magna Carta (The Great Charter) is the most famous and most significant legal document in the history of democracy.
Motivated partly by a need for money and partly by the anti-Semitism of the time (which already required Jews to wear yellow badges), Edward expelled England's Jews in 1290, seizing their property. They were allowed to return only in 1656.
The Bruce family, one of the three most powerful noble families in Scotland alongside the Balliols and the Comyns, gave strategic support to King Edward I's invasion of Scotland in 1296, hoping to take Balliol's place on the throne, but their ambitions were thwarted when Edward decided to rule Scotland as an English province. Robert Bruce therefore chose to support the rebel William Wallace, leading revolts at Irvine and Ayr.
Edward III celebrated the victory [the Battle of Crécy] by creating the Order of the Garter, one of Britain's highest honors that can be bestowed on only twenty-four members at one time, in addition to the reigning monarch and the Royal Knights.
Lord Rivers' Dictes and Sayinges of the Philosophers was the first book printed in English.
Elizabeth rejected Protestant and Catholic extremes in favor of a moderate Protestant Church that retained some Catholic traditions.
Elizabeth promoted exploration and conquest by adventurers like Drake, Hawkins and Raleigh, and her reign also brought a literary resurgence that include the work of Shakespeare, Spenser and Marlowe.
George Louis, Elector of Hanover, became kind after the death of Queen Anne, who, despite having borne nineteen children, had no surviving heirs.
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'Claiming there are only 150 key things you really need to know that have shaped in the story of Britain, this book delivers them in easy to swallow, bite-sized chunks' - Best of BritishA bestseller in 2008, Remember Remember has continued to enlighten and entertain readers wanting to brush up on their history. Lively, exciting, full of great stories and humorous asides, this book looks at the key events in British history, covering all the important dates, people and events. Each subject is presented in short, self-contained 'articles', designed to be dipped into on the readers whim. Concise and authoritative, Remember, Remember makes history interesting and accessible for everyone once again.
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Sometimes, I find that I get lost in an area of history and struggle to connect it to the big picture. This is where this tome is invaluable. Just one word of warning, it is just a tad, "Britain the great Empire builder can do no wrong" in its approach but, a healthy dose of cynicism can deal with that.
Definitely worth a place on the bookshelf - and it will soon become a well thumbed friend. (