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Informationen zum Autor Kenneth O. Morgan is honorary Fellow of the Queen's and Oriel Colleges! Oxford. From 1966 to 1989 he was Fellow and Praelector of Queen's; from 1989 to 1995 he was Vice-Chancellor of Aberystwyth University! and also Senior Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales! 1993-5. He is the author of many major works on British history including Wales in British Politics! 1868-1922; The Age of Lloyd George; Keir Hardie: Radical and Socialist;Rebirth of a Nation: Wales 1880-1980; Labour in Power! 1945-51; Consensus and Disunity: the Lloyd George Coalition Government! 1918-1922; Labour People: Leaders and Lieutenants! Hardie to Kinnock; The People's Peace: British History! 1945-1990; Modern Wales: Politics! Places and People; Callaghan: A Life; The Twentieth Century (AVery Short Intoduction); and Michael Foot: A Life. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1983! and became a life peer in 2000. Klappentext A new edition of this best-selling history of Britain, from Roman times, now updated to cover the first decade of the 21st century. Zusammenfassung A new edition of this best-selling history of Britain, from Roman times, now updated to cover the first decade of the 21st century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword to the new edition ; 1. Roman Britain (c.55 BC - c. AD 440) ; 2. The Anglo-Saxon Period (c. 440-1066) ; 3. The Early Middle Ages (1066-1290) ; 4. The Later Middle Ages (1290-1485) ; 5. The Tudor Age (1485-1603) ; 6. The Stuarts (1603-1688) ; 7. The Eighteenth Century (1688-1789) ; 8. Revolution and the Rule of Law (1789-1851) ; 9. The Liberal Age (1851-1914) ; 10. The Twentieth Century (1914-2000) ; Epilogue (2000-2010) ; Further Reading ; Chronology ; Genealogies of Royal Lines ; Prime Ministers 1721-2010 ; Index
