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This Sceptred Isle: The Making of the British by Lee, Christopher is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>What is Britishness? What allowed one small island group to rule a quarter of the world and, even today, to have the most spoken language after Chinese? What makes Americans admire the guts, traditions and loyalties of these island Anglo-Saxon and Celtic peoples? What is it that makes cynical Europeans and once-dominated Asians look to the British for opinion, literature, social norms and justice? The answers lie within the creation of British institutions, both Commoner and Aristocracy, duri
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Lee, Christopher
- Publisher
- Constable and Robinson
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781845299941
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, European History, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.91 / 5 (32 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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