From the death of Richard III on Bosworth Field in 1485 to the execution of Charles I, after the Civil Wars of 1642-48, England was transformed by two Dynasties. Firstly the Tudors, who won the crown on the battlefield and changed both the nature of kingship but also the nation itself. England becam
A Brief History of Britain 1485-1660
โ Scribed by Hutton, Ronald
- Publisher
- Constable Robinson
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 269 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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