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Foreword – David Musgrove, editor of BBC History Magazine
Introduction – Michael Wood
1016 The Danish Conquest of England – Sarah Foot
1066 William and the Normans arrive – Nicholas Higham
1141 Stephen and Matilda fight a civil war – Edmund King
1171 Henry II invades Ireland – John Gillingham
1215 Magna Carta is forced on John – David Carpenter
1295 Edward I goes on the warpath – Michael Prestwich
1348 The Black Death hits Britain – W. Mark Ormrod
1381 Peasants rise in revolt – Caroline Barron
1415 Henry V takes the field at Agincourt – Ralph Griffiths
1483 Richard III snatches the crown – Christine Carpenter
1534 Henry VIII tries to take control of Britain – John Guy
1588 The Armada is repelled – Pauline Croft
1638 Scots revolt against Charles I – Rab Houston
1662 Charles II pays a heavy price for his Restoration – John Morrill
1745 The Jacobites rebel – Daniel Szechi
1776 America declares independence from the motherland – Jeremy Black
1832 The Reform Bill is passed – Catherine Hall
1851 The Great Exhibition transforms Britain – Peter Mandler
1916 The Somme, and Lloyd George founds his coalition – Gerard DeGroot
1956 Suez signals the dying days of empire – Pat Thane
Afterword: Evolution of the Nation – Christopher Lee
Further Reading
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