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1066 and all that

Sellar, Walter Carruthers

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00 - Compulsory Preface (3:44)
01 - Caesar Invades Britain (3:54)
02 - Britain Conquered Again (2:43)
03 - The Conversion of England (2:06)
04 - Britain Conquered Again (2:44)
05 - Alfred the Cake (1:29)
06 - Exgalahad and the British Navy (2:24)
07 - Lady Windermere. Age of Lake Dwellers. (1:08)
08 - Ethelred the Unready. A Weak King (1:16)
09 - Canute, An Experimental King (1:42)
10 - Edward the Confessor (4:00)
11 - William I. A Conquering King (3:02)
12 - Rufus. A Ruddy King (1:10)
13 - Henry I. A Tragic King (0:57)
14 - The Dreadful Tale of Stephen and his Aunt Matilda (or Maud) (1:42)
15 - Henry II. A Just King (2:38)
16 - The Age of Piety (1:22)
17 - Richard I. A Wild King (2:12)
18 - John. An Awful King (2:46)
19 - Magna Charter (2:29)
20 - Robin Hood and his Merrie Men (2:14)
21 - Henry III. A Nondescript King (7:32)
22 - Edward I. A Strong King (2:50)
23 - Edward II. A Worthless King (3:47)
24 - Edward III. A Romantic King (4:40)
25 - Richard II. An Unbalanced King (3:15)
26 - Henry IV. A Split King (1:51)
27 - Henry V. An Ideal King (2:01)
28 - Henry VI. A Very Small King (3:45)
29 - Cause of the Tudors (2:32)
30 - Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck (5:42)
31 - Bluff King Hal (4:55)
32 - Edward VI. and Broody Mary (1:59)
33 - Elizabeth (6:00)
34 - James I. A Tidy King (4:16)
35 - Charles I. and the Civil War (10:20)
36 - Charles II. A Merry Monarch (5:12)
37 - James II. A Maddening King (2:48)
38 - Williamanmary. England Ruled by an Orange. (5:08)
39 - Anne. A Dead Queen. (3:02)
40 - The XL and the XLV (2:57)
41 - Rules of Wars in the XVIIth Century (2:04)
42 - George III. An Obstinate King (1:54)
43 - India (2:10)
44 - The Boston Tea-Party (1:49)
45 - The French Revolution (1:31)
46 - Napoleon (1:21)
47 - Nelson (1:59)
48 - Wellington (3:22)
49 - The Industrial Revelation (4:28)
50 - George IV. A Gentleman King (1:46)
51 - William IV. A Sailor King (3:34)
52 - Queen Victoria. A Good Queen (3:34)
53 - Crimean War (2:56)
54 - The Indian Mutiny (1:51)
55 - "PAL" (1:23)
56 - Fresh Attempts to Amuse The Queen. Wave of Justifiable Wars (4:34)
57 - Disraeli and Gladstone (3:01)
58 - The Boerwoer (2:25)
59 - Wave of Inventions (2:47)
60 - Edward VII. Almost a Monarch (1:22)
61 - The Great War (3:25)
62 - A Bad Thing (3:03)

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