The Story of the English Volume II

The Story of the English Volume II covers the history of England from the Hundred Years' War to the Jubilee of Queen Victoria in the late 19th century. Fully illustrated for a rich reading experience.


Contents include:


The Peasants' Revolt

Richard's Presence of Mind

A Tiny Queen

Henry's Troubles

Madcap Harry

A Glorious Reign

The Maid of Orleans

The Beginning of the War of the Roses

The Queen and the Brigand

The Triumph of the Yorks

The Princes in the Tower

Richard's Punishment

Two Pretenders

A Grasping King

The Field of the Cloth of Gold

The New Opinions

Death of Wolsey

Henry's Wives

The King and the Painter

A Boy King

The Story of Lady Jane Grey

The Death of Cranmer

A Clever Queen

Elizabeth's Lovers

Mary, Queen of Scots

Captivity of Mary Stuart

Wreck of the Spanish Armada

The Elizabethan Age

Death of Elizabeth

A Scotch King

The Gunpowder Plot

Sir Walter Raleigh

King and Parliament

Cavaliers and Roundheads

"Remember"

The Royal Oak

The Commonwealth

The Restoration

Plague and Fire

The Merry Monarch

James Driven Out of England

A Terrible Massacre

William's Wars

The Duke of Marlborough

The Taking of Gibraltar

The South Sea Bubble

Bonny Prince Charlie

The Black Hole of Calcutta

Loss of the Thirteen Colonies

The Battle of the Nile

Nelson's Last Signal

The Battle of Waterloo

The First Gentleman in Europe

The Childhood of Queen Victoria

The Queen's Marriage

Some Wars in Victoria's Reign

The Jubilee