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Stephen Marritt on a book that looks at the Norman regime and the extent of Anglo-Saxon resistance – or acceptance
Jeremy Black looks at a single-volume history of the British Isles, from 500 BC to the present
Ted Vallance looks at an engaging essay on the events of 1688
Derek Wilson looks at book on the personality of a king revealed through his marriages
Steven Gunn enjoys a masterly account of the turbulent fortnight when England hovered on the brink of civil war
Rab Houston admires first rate scholarship in a story of Scotland and its myths
This overview is readable and fascinating if not particularly scholarly, argues Rab Houston
The Russo-Finnish War was brought to an end by the Moscow Peace Treaty. Finland was forced to give up ten per cent of its territory including Viipuri, its second-largest city.
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