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A history of the English people.In this much-acclaimed book, Paul Johnson looks back on two thousand years of English history and provides a radical interpretation of a remarkable people.Provocative and incisive, Johnson applies his journalistic skills to a shrewd analysis of the evolution of the English nation, charting the growth of the small but newly independent state, enveloped in the myths of the Dark Ages, into its modern-day status as a prominent player upon the world stage.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9781780227214 ● Publisher Orion ● Published 2013 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2787079 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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