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A history of BritainVol. 2 Part 2: The British wars, 1603-1776 - v. 2,Pt. 2 : British Wars 1603-1776 (Large print ed)

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The British wars began in July 1637, and were mostly waged on grounds of political or religious conviction, between republicans and royalists, Catholics and Protestants, Tories and Whigs, colonialists and natives.

The struggle to pull Britain together at first succeeded only in tearing our nations further apart.

But as religious wars gave way to campaigns for profit, the British people did come together in the imperial exercise of 'Britannia Incorporated'.

This is a story of revolution and reaction, inspiration and disenchantment, of progress and catastrophe; and of reckless acts of suicidal courage.

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0754056708 / 9780754056706
Hardback
941
01/06/2004
United Kingdom
English
384 p.
25 cm
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