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The English Experience: A Survey of English History From Earliest Times to the End of Empire

by John Bowle

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By providing the political framework essential to understanding both social and historical developments, Bowle achieves a brilliant survey of this historic period. His narrative skill illuminates the personalities as well as the events, employing quotes from original documents ranging from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles to a love letter of Henry VIII.

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Genres: History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 942 — History & geography History of Europe England and Wales
LCC: DA30 .B743 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Great Britain History of Great Britain England History General
BISAC: HIS HISTORY Europe Great Britain General

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Published: 1971
Genres: History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 942
LCC: DA30 .B743

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