A memorable history of England, comprising all the parts you can remember, including 103 good things, 5 bad kings and 2 genuine dates. Book beloved by British schoolchildren everywhere, and hated by their history teachers, it gives a tongue-in-cheek "potted history" in an amusing format. It was written by two contributors to Punch magazine. - Summary by LynneT
Chapters
1 Compulsory Preface 4 min 2 Caesar Invades Britain 4 min 3 Britain Conquered Again 3 min 4 The Conversion of England 2 min 5 Britain Conquered Again 3 min 6 Alfred the Cake 1 min 7 Exgalahad and the British Navy 2 min 8 Lady Windermere. Age of Lake Dwellers 1 min 9 Ethelred the Unready. A Weak King 1 min 10 Canute, An Experimental King 2 min 11 Edward the Confessor 4 min 12 William I. A Conquering King 3 min 13 Rufus. A Ruddy King 1 min 14 Henry I. A Tragic King 1 min 15 The Dreadful Tale of Stephen and his Aunt Matilda (or Maud) 2 min 16 Henry II. A Just King 3 min 17 The Age of Piety 1 min 18 Richard I. A Wild King 2 min 19 John. An Awful King 3 min 20 Magna Charter 2 min 21 Robin Hood and his Merrie Men 2 min 22 Henry III. A Nondescript King 8 min 23 Edward I. A Strong King 3 min 24 Edward II. A Worthless King 4 min 25 Edward III. A Romantic King 5 min 26 Richard II. An Unbalanced King 3 min 27 Henry IV. A Split King 2 min 28 Henry V. An Ideal King 2 min 29 Henry VI. A Very Small King 4 min 30 Cause of the Tudors 3 min 31 Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck 6 min 32 Bluff King Hal 5 min 33 Edward VI. and Broody Mary 2 min 34 Elizabeth 6 min 35 James I. A Tidy King 4 min 36 Charles I. and the Civil War 10 min 37 Charles II. A Merry Monarch 5 min 38 James II. A Maddening King 3 min 39 Williamanmary. England Ruled by an Orange 5 min 40 Anne. A Dead Queen 3 min 41 The XL and the XLV 3 min 42 Rules of Wars in the XVIIth Century 2 min 43 George III. An Obstinate King 2 min 44 India 2 min 45 The Boston Tea-Party 2 min 46 The French Revolution 2 min 47 Napoleon 1 min 48 Nelson 2 min 49 Wellington 3 min 50 The Industrial Revelation 4 min 51 George IV. A Gentleman King 2 min 52 William IV. A Sailor King 4 min 53 Queen Victoria. A Good Queen 4 min 54 Crimean War 3 min 55 The Indian Mutiny 2 min 56 PAL 1 min 57 Fresh Attempts to Amuse The Queen. Wave of Justifiable Wars 5 min 58 Disraeli and Gladstone 3 min 59 The Boerwoer 2 min 60 Wave of Inventions 3 min 61 Edward VII. Almost a Monarch 1 min 62 The Great War 3 min 63 A Bad Thing 3 min
