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A one-volume survey of the history of England from Celtic and Roman times through the end of the nineteenth century. Muscular prose makes an exciting narrative emphasizing the political, military, and religious history of the kingdom. Oman dwells heavily on the role of moral probity, intellectual caliber, and energy, or failings in any of those areas, on the part of monarchs and other men or women of power in driving the course of events. Most chapters begin, and some end as well, with a discourse on the character of the monarch or leading politicians of the period under consideration, and ...

Dive into this captivating book by renowned British military historian, Charles Oman. Starting with the rise of the warrior king, Edward III, in 1327 and concluding with Richard IIIs fall at Bosworth Field in 1485, Oman masterfully paints a vivid picture of the Hundred Years War. By extending the narrative through the Wars of the Roses, he places this turbulent era, marked by battles and plagues, within the grand scope of dynastic conflicts and civil wars that shook Englands stability and exposed France to invasion and conquest. Join us in this exploration narrated by Pamela Nagami.