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Glory & Bollocks:The Truth behind Ten Defining Events in British History
Colin Brown
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Description for Glory & Bollocks:The Truth behind Ten Defining Events in British History
Paperback. Discover the secret, intimate stories that animate the watershed events of British history Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 336.
Did the longbow secure victory at Agincourt or are the English just better in mud? Did Queen Elizabeth I know the Armada had capitulated when she delivered one of the most inspiring speeches in all history? Where did Wellington meet his Waterloo? Was the vote to leave the European Union Britain’s modern Peasants’ Revolt?
Colin Brown travels to the sites of some of the most significant events in British history to skewer inaccuracies embedded in popular parlance and reveal the truth behind the stories that make Britain great.
Product Details
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851689927
SKU
V9781851689927
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99-50
About Colin Brown
Colin Brown is the acclaimed author of Operation Big: The Race to Stop Hitler’s A-Bomb, ‘The Scum of the Earth’: What Happened to the Real British Heroes of Waterloo? and Whitehall: The Street That Shaped a Nation. Formerly political editor of the Sunday Telegraph and the Independent on Sunday, he covered breaking news in Downing Street and Westminster for over thirty years. He ... Read more
Reviews for Glory & Bollocks:The Truth behind Ten Defining Events in British History
‘This is as much a travel book as history. Brown goes to significant sites… It’s in evoking such a strong sense of place that the book succeeds in conveying a sense of history.’
Independent on Sunday
‘Spirited, entertaining and fascinatingly informative.’
Daily Mail
‘David Cameron calls this “absolutely fascinating” and you can’t say fairer than that.’ ... Read more
Independent on Sunday
‘Spirited, entertaining and fascinatingly informative.’
Daily Mail
‘David Cameron calls this “absolutely fascinating” and you can’t say fairer than that.’ ... Read more