The new world /

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.

The new world / Winston S. Churchill ; introduction by Brian Weiser. - New York : Barnes & Noble, c2005. - xix, 380 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm. - The Barnes & Noble Library of essential reading . - Barnes & Noble Library of essential reading. .

Originally published : New York : Dodd, Mead, c1956.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-350) and index

The round world -- The Tudor dynasty -- King Henry VIII -- Cardinal Wolsey -- The break with Rome -- The end of the monasteries -- The Protestant struggle -- Good Queen Bess -- The Spanish Armada -- Gloriana -- The united crowns -- The Mayflower -- Charles I and Buckingham - - The personal rule -- The revolt of Parliament -- The great rebellion -- Marston Moor and Naseby -- The axe falls -- The English republic -- The lord protector -- The restoration -- The merry monarch -- The popish plot -- Whig and Tory -- The Catholic king -- The revolution of 1688. Book I. Renaissance and reformation. Book II. The Civil War. Book III. The restoration.

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English-speaking countries--History.
Great Britain--History--Stuarts, 1603-1714.
Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1485-1603.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1603-1714.

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