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What is a good book to get started with British history? Specifically

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Seconding, I'd like a nice general survey of Britain.
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>>293902
You want to know the birth of Britain?

You might like "The Birth of Britain" by big daddy Churchill himself
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>>293916
came here to say this. but...
>not reading all 4 volumes
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>>293916
Same guy here


I have the Barnes N Noble copy in my car.

It starts with pre-Roman, then Roman, then the Anglos, then the Vikings, then Normans, then it begins talking about the Normandies, Plantegantes, Bloises, etc. Churchill makes sure to talk about the politics and the common folk, and not just focus on battles and kings.

Volume one of the Barnes n Noble version goes up until the 1400-1500s

>>293921
Can't find the others. Gonna have to order them
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>>293902
what you mean the birth of britain? like empire? union with scotland wales and ireland?
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>>293927
How credible is Churchill as a historian?

Won't his text be dated by now - considering the amount of developments in archaeology
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>>294413
bookzz.org to download free
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>>293902
If you want to focus on the most pivotal times then the Heptarchy-The Anarchy, the wars of the three kingdoms-the glorious revolution and the Napoleonic wars-WW1 are the most important times.
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>>293902
>britkek history

You should read Quoran
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>>293902
The act of union 1707 is the birth of Britain. Not that interesting.
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>>293916
How is Churchill as a historian overall, /his/?
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/History_of_the_Kings_of_Britain

Everything from the Fall of Troy to King Arthur's death.
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>>294797
but it's not
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/baby-names-top-100-most-popular-boys-and-girls-names-10459074.html


at least we don't have a 15 year old muslim trying to sue our government for $15,000,000
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>>294954
read Troy as Tony (Blair) for a moment...
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>>293902
This one
Its about the moment Britain ceased to be a backwater shithole and embrassed civilisation
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the isles by Norman Davies
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does anyone know where I can download "How We'd Talk if the English Had Won in 1066"?
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>>294924
Laughable outdated like anything more than 30 years old, I'd imagine.
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Daily reminder "British" history only starts in 1707.
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>>294924
Kinda hilarious. I'm British but the guys Bias is undeniable. However they give great insights into Churchill himself and what he thought and believed.

A good read though.
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Peter Ackroyd's History of England seems a pretty good introduction. I've only read the first volume (Foundation), but I found it interesting and I liked the style.
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>>295371
Nah, it starts in 1603
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>>295371
>amerijuan history doesn't start until 1959
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>>294963
If you take all three variations of Muhammad, that totals to about 7200, which is above Oliver
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