CONTENTS

        Title

        Dedication

  1    The Royal Exchange, City of London: A magnificent myth

  2    The Fens, Cambridgeshire, England: The barons on top

  3    Clarendon Palace, Wiltshire, England: The flying monarch

  4    Acre, Israel: Lionheart’s legacy

  5    Angoulême, France: The child witch

  6    Mirebeau-en-Poitou, France: The warrior queen

  7    Château Gaillard, Normandy, France: Lost!

  8    The Marches, South Wales: Rule by vendetta

  9    Laxton, Nottinghamshire, England: The serfs in the fields

10    Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England: The smell of money

11    Temple Ewell, Kent, England: A triumphant humiliation

12    Bouvines, Northern France: A battle for three empires

13    Runnymede, Surrey, England: The line-up

14    The British Library, London: The deal

15    The Wash, Lincolnshire, England: Agony in the wasteland

16    Worcester Cathedral, England: The man laid bare

17    The Internet: A bad press

18    The Palace of Westminster, London: A charter for all seasons

19    Jamestown, Virginia, USA: The gentlemen cannibals

20    Washington DC: Temples and tyrants

21    Back to Runnymede: Magna Carta’s future

        Appendix: The text of Magna Carta

        Plates

        By the Same Author

        Copyright

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1.      The Royal Exchange

2.      Runnymede

3.      The Fens

4.      Clarendon Palace

5.      Acre

6.      Angoulême

7.      Mirebeau-en-Poitou

8.      Chateau Gaillard

9.      The Marches

10.    Laxton

11.    Lincoln

12.    Temple Ewell

13.    Bouvines

14.    The British Library

15.    The Wash

16.    Worcester Cathedral

17.    The Internet

18.    Palace of Westminster

19.    Jamestown

20.    Washington DC