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British history

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Audio Caesar's Invasions of Britain

Caesar's Invasions of Britain. Written and voiced by Steve Kershaw.

Rome, Latin, British history view
Link Common Sense by Thomas Paine 1776

The entire text of Thomas Paine's famous pamphlet originally pubished anonymously on January 10 1776. It was intended as an easily understood...

American Revolution, British history, Eighteenth Century, Thomas Paine, American history, History view
Link Correspondence of the Duke of Wellington 1808-1815

A series of letters and dispatches by the Duke of Wellington. The correspondence dates from the period of the peninsular wars until the end of the...

Duke of Wellington, British history, military history, History, Nineteenth-century view
Document Course Outline

Overview of the course with weekly topics and bibliography

British history, European history, history and the novel view
Link Gillray Biog

Relatively short but useful pocket biography of James Gillray, one of Britain's greatest ever socio-political caricaturists, with some insightful...

British history, British Art, French Revolution, Georgian Britain, James Gillray, 18th century view
Course Julius Caesar

The course is designed as an introduction to various aspects of the life and times and writings of Julius Caesar.

British history, Caesar, Cleopatra, Roman His, Rome view
Audio Q&A Researching the Period (1914-1953)

A question & answer session with historians Linda Parker and James Platt

British history, European history, World War One, World War Two, womens history, Church history view
Link Roman Britain online course

Sample unit on the Romanisation of Britain, from Oxford University Department for Continuing Education's excellent Online Course on Roman Britain...

Rome, Latin, British history view
Audio ROME'S FIRST EMPERORS - INTRODUCTION

Welcome the the course. This is a quick 'hello' from your tutor, with a brief introduction to what we will be doing on the course.

Ancient rome, Rome, The Caesars, Emperors, Ancient history, British history, Roman Britain, Roman empire view
Link Rome’s relations with Britain

This link takes you to a brief summary of Rome’s relations with Britain

Rome, Latin, British history view
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