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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Iain Milligan |
ISBN: | 9781913491116 1913491110 |
OCLC Number: | 1246676595 |
Description: | 288 pages, xxiv pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
Contents: | England -- Channel Islands -- Scotland -- Isle of Man -- Wales -- Ireland. |
Responsibility: | Iain Milligan. |
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"Pundits . . . should read Iain Milligan's highly enjoyable Sovereign of the Isles, which explains how we came to be a United Kingdom in the first place and how it evolved to its present, increasingly disunited, state." * Daily Telegraph (UK) * "This timely, engrossing chronicle of conquest, treaty and colonisation pieces together, with excellent accompanying illustrations, the story of how the English won sovereignty over the British Isles." * Country Life (UK) * "If you've ever wondered how the English ultimately won sovereignty of the British Isles then this book, which describes the uneasy union, is a good starting point. . . . For centuries England saw themselves as overlords of Scotland and in this book, Milligan describes the tactics and treaties employed by the English to gain power and bring the four countries under one Crown." * Scotland Magazine (UK) * Read more...

