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Book SynopsisThis history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own inherent virtues its narrative power, its fine judgment of war and politics, of soldiers and statesmen, and even more because it reflects a tradition of what Englishmen in the hey-day of their empire thought and felt about their country''s past.
The Daily Telegraph Spanning four volumes and many centuries of history, from Caesar's invasion of Britain to the start of World War I,
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples stands as one of Winston Churchill's most magnificent literary works. Begun during Churchill's wilderness years' when he was out of government, first published in 1956 after his leadership through the darkest days of World War II had cemented his place in history and completed when Churchill was in his 80s, it remains to this day a compelling and vivid history. The second volume
The New World explores the emergence
Table of ContentsPreface Maps and Genealogical Tables
Book IV: Renaissance and Reformation 1. The Round World 2. The Tudor Dynasty 3. King Henry VIII 4. Cardinal Wolsey 5. The Break with Rome 6. The End of the Monasteries 7. The Protestant Struggle 8. Good Queen Bess 9. The Spanish Armada 10. Gloriana
Book V: The Civil War 1. The United Crowns 2. The 'Mayflower' 3. Charles I and Buckingham 4. The Personal Rule 5. The Revolt of Parliament 6. The Great Rebellion 7. Marston Moor and Naseby 8. The Axe Falls
Book VI: The Restoration 1. The English Republic 2. The Lord Protector 3. The Restoration 4. The Merry Monarch 5. The Popish Plot 6. Whig and Tory 7. The Catholic King 8. The Revolution of 1688 Index
