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A Short History of England

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

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Chesterton's survey of English history, including: "The Province of Britain," "The Age of Legends," "The Defeat of the Barbarians," "St. Edward and the Norman Kings," "The Age of the Crusades," "The Problem of the Plantagenets," "The Meaning of Merry England," "Nationality and the French Wars," "The War of the Usurpers," "The Rebellion of the Rich," "Spain and the Schism of Nations," "The Age of the Puritans," "The Triumph of the Whigs," "The War with the Great Republics," "Aristocracy and the Discontents," and "The Return of the Barbarian."

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  • History
  • Great britain, history
  • Histoire
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