From the Book - 1st U.S. ed.
Geoffrey Chaucer and the mother tongue
The deposing of King Richard II
'Turn again, Dick Whittington!'
Henry IV and his extra-virgin oil
We happy few-the Battle of Azincourt
Joan of Arc, the maid of Orleans
A 'prompter for little ones'
House of Lancaster: the two reigns of Henry VI
House of York: Edward IV, Merchant King
Whodunit? The princes in the Tower
The Battle of Bosworth Field
King Henry VIII's 'Great matter'
'Let there be light'-William Tyndale and the English Bible
Thomas More and his wonderful 'no-place'
Divorced, beheaded, died.
... Divorced, beheaded, survived
Edward VI, 'The Godly Imp'
Lady Jane Grey-the Nine-day Queen
Bloody Mary and the fires of Smithfield
Robert Recorde and his intelligence sharpener
Elizabeth-Queen of hearts
Sir Walter Ralegh and the Lost Colony
Sir Francis Drake and the Spanish Armarda
5/11: England's first terrorist
King James's 'Authentical' Bible
'Spoilt child' and the pilgrim fathers
The Ark of the John Tradescants
God's lieutenant in Earth
'All my birds have flown'
Behold the head of a traitor!
Rabbi Manasseh and the return of the Jews
Charles II and the Royal Oak
The village that chose to die
Titus Oates and the Popish plot
Monmouth's Rebellion and the Bloody Assizes
Isaac Newton and the principles of the universe
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