Lang S. British History For Dummies

John Wiley & Sons, 2004. — 432 p. — (For Dummies).A stirring trip through the essentials of British History.
Britain's past brought right up to date.
This book is a riotous, irreverent account of the people and events that have shaped Britain. It's a "who, what, when, where and why" that reads like a thriller and a comedy rolled into one. Inside you'll find rip-roaring stories of power-mad kings, executions, invasions, high treason, global empire-building and forbidden love - not bad for a nation of stiff upper lips.
Discover:
Famous and infamous Britons;
Key royal, military and cultural eras;
Power in Britain: who lost it, who took it;
The rise and fall of Britain's global empire;
History as it connects to Britain today.