| Description |
(1), 89 p. illus. (some col.), facsims. (some col.), maps (chiefly col.), ports. (some col.) ; 31 cm. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
The new world of America -- The round earth -- The beginning of modern England -- Tudor armies and defences -- The Reformation -- A prince of the Renaissance -- Mastering a trade -- The north-east passage -- Mary Tudor -- The golden age of Elizabeth -- Elizabethans at home -- The rich and the poor -- Shakespeare's theatre -- Cockfights and dancing -- The Armada -- Setting sail for America -- The rebirth of knowledge -- The martyrdom of Ireland -- King of Scotland and England -- A Stuart on the throne -- How the king raised money -- Crown and Parliament clash -- The great rebellion -- The execution of Charles I -- Cromwell's iron hand -- The new armies -- The Puritans' commonwealth -- The early Americans -- The new life in America -- America's Indians -- London day by day -- Printing and the first newspapers -- The king returns -- Fire and plague -- The wits and the wags -- Modern science is born -- A new weapon -- the press -- The merry monarch -- The merchants grow rich -- Life in restoration England -- The glorious revolution -- Time chart. |
| Summary |
A pictorial survey of the history of Great Britain and English-speaking North America during the reigns of the Tudors and the Stuarts. |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Juvenile literature.
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Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-1714 -- Juvenile literature.
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| ISBN |
0356039595 |
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