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|title=A Short History of England

|sort= Short History of England

|buy=Yes

|borrow=Yes

|pages=320

|publisher=Profile Books

|date=September 2011

|isbn=978-1846684616

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Most of us see history rather like a cloud. We're aware of the great mass of it, seeing some parts more clearly than others, but perhaps struggling to bring it into a straight line. Some parts we will have studied at school, or read about out of interest but these parts will be balanced by other periods when we will be woefully ignorant of some of the most basic facts. I've studied the Tudors in some depth at various points in my life – but I would struggle to tell you much about the Stuarts. What was needed was a concise history of England in one volume and written for the adult reader who would simply like to be more informed, but not over-burdened.

For more books which take history in chronological order if not necessarily in great detail we can recommend [[Calamities and Catastrophes: The Ten Absolutely Worst Years in History by Derek Wilson]] and [[American Caesars: Lives of the US Presidents, from Franklin D Roosevelt to George W Bush by Nigel Hamilton]].

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