The Story of Britain · From the Romans to the Present by Fraser, Rebecca -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Preface R OMAN A NGLO- S AXON

N ORMAN AND A NGEVIN

William I (1066–1087) William II (1087–1100) Henry I (1100–1135) Stephen of Blois (1135–1154) Henry II (1154–1189) Richard I (1189–1199) John (1199–1216)

P LANTAGENET

Henry III (1216–1272) Edward I (1272–1307) Edward II (1307–1327) Edward III (1327–1377) Richard II (1377–1399)

L ANCASTRIAN AND Y ORKIST

Henry IV (1399–1413) Henry V (1413–1422) Henry VI (1422–1461) Edward IV (1461–1483) Edward V (1483) Richard III (1483–1485)

T UDOR

Henry VII (1485–1509) Henry VIII (1509–1547) Edward VI (1547–1553) Mary I (1553–1558) Elizabeth I (1558–1603)

S TUART

James I (1603–1625) Charles I (1625–1649) Divine Right (1625–1642) Civil War (1642–1649) The Commonwealth and Protectorate (1649–1660) Charles II (1660–1685) James II (1685–1688) William and Mary (1689–1702) Anne (1702–1714)

H ANOVERIAN

George I (1714–1727) George II (1727–1760) George III (1760–1820) Patriot King (1760–1793) The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1793–1815) Radical Agitation (1815–1820) George IV (1820–1830) William IV (1830–1837) Victoria (1837–1901) Corn Laws and Irish Famine (1837–1854) Palmerstonian Aggression (1854–1868) Gladstone and Disraeli (1868–1886) Imperialism and Socialism (1886–1901)

S AXE -C OBURG

Edward VII (1901–1910)

W INDSOR

George V (1910–1936) Last Years of Peace (1910–1914) The First World War (1914–1918) Peacemaking and the Rise of Fascism (1918–1936) Edward VIII (1936) George VI (1936–1952) The Failure of Appeasement (1936–1939) The Second World War (1939–1945) Reform at Home, Communism Abroad (1945–1952) Elizabeth II (1952–) Wind of Change (1952–1964) The Sick Man of Europe (1964–1979) The Thatcher Legacy (1979–2002)

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