Author: Sir Frank Markham
Publisher: Castle Books
Published: 1986-12-01
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780900804298
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Richard Scholefield
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2021-05-26
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 1665589094
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →There have been many books written, and much research carried out, about this Queen, who is so well revered by this country, and held up as a figure to be admired and remembered for all time, that she has a statue in her honour in Westminster, London. Boudicca had her kingdom cruelly taken from her by the occupying Roman forces, when her husband died. We have a few paragraphs, written by a Roman, named ‘Tacitus’ which tells us how Boudicca was invited to a meeting with the Romans, which she thought was to welcome her as the Queen of the Iceni. She did not receive the hospitality she expected, and the treatment that she, and her daughters received, are believed to be the trigger for what happened next. The Romans under-estimated the strength and grit of Boudicca and the fanatical support of her people, and came to regret their actions. The book tells the story of Boudicca’s campaign to reclaim her kingdom. Written to inform the reader about the way of life of the ancient Britons, it tells how the occupying Roman forces ruled them. How Boudicca inspired her tribesmen and led them in a campaign that saw the destruction of Colchester, London and St Albans.
Author: Mark Clapson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-08-02
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 1135757763
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Established in 1967, Milton Keynes is England's largest new city and one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the UK. It is also a suburban city, genuinely liked and appreciated by most of its citizens. For many reasons, however, Milton Keynes is misunderstood, and its valuable recent lessons are mostly ignored in debates about national urban policy. This book discusses the popular and intellectual prejudices that have distorted understandings of the new city. A city is nothing without its people, of course, so Mark Clapson looks at who has moved to Milton Keynes, and discusses their experiences of settling in. He also confronts the common myth of the new city's soullessness with an account of community and association that emphasizes the strength of social interaction there.
Author: Edward John T. Collins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 1362
ISBN-13: 9780521329279
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