Một tuyển tập gồm hơn 150 truyện về các nhân vật nổi tiếng từ thời cổ đại cho đến cận đại: các anh hùng, hiệp sĩ, kẻ bất lương, thường dân, hoàng đế/vua, hoàng hậu, bạo chúa, chính khách, kẻ nổi loạn, nhà thám hiểm, nghệ sĩ, cường đạo, thày tu, khoa học gia, v.v. góp phần tạo nên lịch sử nước Anh. From ancient times to the present day, the story of England has been laced with drama, intrigue, courage, and passion-a rich and vibrant narrative of heroes and villains, kings and rebels, artists and highwaymen, bishops and scientists. Now, in Great Tales from English History, Robert Lacey tells those remarkable stories as only a great writer can: combining impeccable accuracy with the timeless drama that has made these stories live for centuries. MỤC LỤC VOLUME I: Knights and Knaves, Rebels and Heroes, Queens and Commoners -- Who Made Britain Great CHEDDAR MAN PYTHEAS AND THE PAINTED PEOPLE THE STANDARD-BEARER OF THE 10TH AND DID THOSE FEET? JESUS CHRIST AND THE LEGENDS OF GLASTONBURY THE EMPEROR CLAUDIUS TRIUMPHANT BOADICEA, WARRIOR QUEEN HADRIAN’S WALL ARTHUR, ONCE AND FUTURE KING POPE GREGORYS ANGELS ST AUGUSTINE’S MAGIC KING OSWY AND THE CROWN OF THORNS CAEDMON, THE FIRST ENGLISH POET 'THE VENERABLE BEDE ALFRED AND THE CAKES THE LADY OF THE MERCIANS ETHELRED THE UNREADY ELMER THE FLYING MONK KING CANUTE AND THE WAVES EDWARD THE CONFESSOR THE LEGEND OF LADY GODIVA THE YEAR OF THREE KINGS THE DEATH OF BRAVE KING HAROLD HEREWARD THE WAKE AND THE NORMAN YOKE THE DOMESDAY BOOK THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF WILLIAM RUFUS HENRY I AND THE WHITE SHIP STEPHEN AND MATILDA MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL A KING REPENTS THE RIVER-BANK TAKE-AWAY RICHARD THE LIONHEART JOHN LACKLAND AND MAGNA CARTA HOBBEHOD, PRINCE OF THIEVES SIMON DE MONTFORT AND HIS TALKING-PLACE A PRINCE WHO SPEAKS NO WORD OF ENGLISH PIERS GAVESTON AND EDWARD II THE BURGHERS OF CALAIS THE FAIR MAID OF KENT AND THE ORDER OF THE GARTER THE GREAT MORTALITY THE BEDSIDE MANNER OF A PLAGUE DOCTOR THE DREAM OF PIERS THE PLOUGHMAN THE ‘MAD MULTITUDE’ VOLUME II: Joan of Arc, the Princes in the Tower, Bloody Mary, Oliver Cromwell, Sir Isaac Newton, and More 1387: GEOFFREY CHAUCER AND THE MOTHER TONGUE 1599: THE DEPOSING OF KING RICHARD II 1399: ‘TURN AGAIN, DICK WHITTINGTON! ’ 1399: HENRY IV AND HIS EXTRA-VIRGIN OIL 1415: WE HAPPY FEW - THE BATTLE OF AZINCOURT 1429: JOAN OF ARC, THE MAID OF ORLEANS 1440: A‘PROMPTER FOR LITTLE ONES’ 1422-61,1470-1: HOUSE OF LANCASTER: THE TWO REIGNS OF HENRY VI 1432-85: THE HOUSE OF THEODORE 1461-70,1471-83: HOUSE OF YORK: EDWARD IV MERCHANT KING 1474: WILLIAM CAXTON 1483: WHODUNIT? THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER 1484: THE CAT AND THE RAT 1485: THE BATTLE OFBOSWORTH FIELD 1486-99: DOUBLE TROUBLE 1497: FISH FT SHIPS 1500: FORK IN, FORK OUT 1509-33: KING HENRY’ VHTS GREAT MATTER’ 1525: LET THERE BE LIGHT’ WILLIAM TVNDALE AND THE ENGLISH BIBLE 1535: THOMAS MORE AND HIS WONDERFUTNO-PLACE’ 1533-7: DIVORCED, BEHEADED, DIED... 1536: THE PILGRIMAGE OF GRACE 1539-47:... DIVORCED, BEHEADED, SURVIVED 1547-53: BOY KING - EDWARD VI, THE GODLY IMP’ 1553: LADY JANE GREY -THE NINE-DAY QUEEN 1553-S: BLOODY MARY AND THE FIRES OF SMITHFIELD 1557: ROBERT RECORDE AND HIS INTELLIGENCE SHARPENER 1559: ELIZABETH - QUEEN OF HEARTS 1571: THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT 1585: SIR WALTER RALEGH AND THE LOST COLONY 1560-87: MARYR QUEEN OF SCOTS 1588: SIR FRANCIS DRAKE AND THE SPANISH ARMADA 1592: SIR JOHNS JAKES 1603: BY TIME SURPRISED 1605: 5/11: ENGLAND’S FIRST TERRORIST 1611: KING JAMES’S‘AUTHENTICAL’ BIBLE 1616: ’SPOILT CHILD’ AND THE PILGRIM FATHERS 1622: THE ARK OF THE JOHN TRADESCANTS 1629: GOD’S LIEUTENANT IN EARTH 1642: ’ALL MY BIRDS HAVE FLOWN’ 1642-8: ROUNDHEADS V. CAVALIERS 1649: BEHOLD THE HEAD OF A TRAITOR! 1653: ’TAKE AWAY THIS BAUBLE!’ 1655: RABBI MANASSEH AND THE RETURN OF THE JEWS 1660: CHARLES II AND THE ROYAL OAK 1665: THE VILLAGE THAT CHOSE TO DIE 1666: LONDON BURNING 1678/9: TITUS OATES AND THE POPISH PLOT 1685: MONMOUTH’S REBELLION AND THE BLOODY ASSIZES 1688-9: THE GLORIOUS INVASION 1687: ISAAC NEWTON AND THE PRINCIPLES OF THE UNIVERSE VOLUME III: Captain Cook, Samuel Johnson, Queen Victoria, Charles Darwin, Edward the Abdicator, and More INTRODUTION: TALE OF A WHALE JOHN LOCKE AND TOLERATION 1690 ‘REMEMBER THE BOYNE!’ – THE BIRTH OF THE ORANGEMEN 1690 BRITANNIA RULES THE WAVES – THE TRIANGULAR TRADE 1693 JETHRO TULL’S ‘DRILL’ AND THE MINER’S FRIEND 1701 MARLBOROUGH CATCHES THE FRENCH SLEEPING AT THE VILLAGE OF THE BLIND 1704 UNION JACK 1707 MADE IN GERMANY 1714 SOUTH SEA BUBBLE 1720 BRITAIN’S FIRST PRIME MINISTER 1721 – 42 BORN AGAIN 1738 DICK TURPIN – ‘STAND AND DELIVER!’ 1739 GOD SAVE THE KING! 1745 DR. JOHNSON’S DICTIONARY 1755 GENERAL WOLFE AND THE CAPTURE OF QUEBEC 1759 JAMES HARGREAVES AND THE SPINNING JENNY 1766 CAPTAIN COOK – MASTER OF THE PILOTAGE 1770 THE BOSTON TEA PARTY 1773 THOMAS CLARKSON – THE GIANT WITH ONE IDEA 1785 ‘BREAD FRUIT BLIGH’ AND THE MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY 1789 THOMAS PAIN AND THE RIGHTS OF MAN 1791 MARRY WOLLSTONECRAFT AND THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN 1792 ENGLAND EXPECTS… 1805 FANNY BURNEY’S BREAST 1811 WHO WAS NED LUDD? 1812 WELLINGTON AND WATERLOO 1815 STONE TREASURES – MARY ANNING AND THE TERROR LIZARDS 1823 BLOOD ON THE TRACKS 1830 THE LUNG POWER OF ORATOR HUNT 1819 ‒ 32 THE TOLPUDDLE MARTYRS 1934 ‘I WILL BE GOOD’ – VICTORIA BECOES QUEEN 1837 ‘GOD’S WONDERFUL RAILWAY’ – ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL 1843 RAIN, STEAM & SPEED – THE SHIMMERING VISION OF J.M.W. TURNER 1843 PRINCE ALBERT’S CRYSTAL PALACE 1851 ‘WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST!’ – THE BIRKENHEAD DRILL 1852 INTO THE VALLEY OF DEATH 1854 THE LADY OF THE LAMP AND THE LADY WITH THE TEA CUP (PLUS THE ODD SIP OF BRANDY) 1854 ‒ 5 CHARLES DARWIN AND THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST 1858 THE GREAT STINK – AND THE TRAGEDY OF THE PRINCESS ALICE 1878 LORD ROSEBERY’S HISTORICAL HOWLER 1887 ANNIE BESANT AND ‘PHOSSY JAW’ – THE STRIKE OF THE MATCHGIRLS 1888 DIAMOND JUBILEE – THE EMPIRE MARCHES BY 1897 SLAUGHTER ON SPIONKOP 1900 EDWARD VII AND THE ENTENTE CORDIALE 1903 CELLAR MURDERER CAUGHT BY WIRELESS – DR. CRIPPPEN 1910 ‘I MAY BE SOME TIME…’ – THE SACRIFICE OF CAPTAIN OATES 1912 THE KING’S HORSE AND EMILY DAVISON 1913 WHEN CHRISTMAS STOPPED A WAR 1914 PATRIOTISM IS NOT ENOUGH – EDITH CAVELL 1915 YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU! – THE SHEFFIELD PALS 1916 A COUNTRY FIT FOR HEROES 1926 THE GREATEST HISTORY BOOK EVER 1930 NOT CRICKET – ‘BODYLINE BOWLING WINS THE THE ASHES 1933 EDWARD THE ABDICATOR 1936 PEACE FOR OUR TIME! – MR. CHAMBERLAIN TAKES A PLANE 1938 DUNKIRK– BRITAIN’S ARMY SAVED BY THE LITTLE BOATS 1940 BATTLE OF BRITAIN – THE FEW AND THE MANY 1940 CODE MAKING, CODE BREAKING – ‘THE LIFE THAT I HAVE 1943 VOICE OF THE PEOPLE 1945 DECODING THE SECRET OF LIFE 1953 Các bạn lưu ý: File rar mobi và file rar epub, mỗi file gồm 3 volumes I, II, III.
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