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Get an insider’s take on the real Great Britain: where to go, where to avoid, and what are the must-see sites you’ve never heard of.

Syllabus

  • 01: Welcome to Britain
  • 02: Prehistoric Britain
  • 03: Roman Britain
  • 04: Anglo-Saxon and Viking Britain
  • 05: Britain’s Medieval Castles
  • 06: Britain’s Medieval Cathedrals
  • 07: Tudor Britain
  • 08: Magna Carta and Civil War
  • 09: Enlightenment Britain
  • 10: Industrial Britain
  • 11: Victorian Britain
  • 12: Twentieth-Century Britain
  • 13: Edinburgh and Glasgow
  • 14: Wild Scotland: Beyond Edinburgh and Glasgow
  • 15: North Wales
  • 16: Cardiff and South Wales
  • 17: The North of England
  • 18: The English Midlands
  • 19: East Anglia
  • 20: England’s West Country
  • 21: The Museums of London
  • 22: London’s Streets and Parks
  • 23: Buckingham Palace and Parliament
  • 24: Oxford and Cambridge
  • 25: Literary Britain: Chaucer and Shakespeare
  • 26: Literary Britain: The Romantics
  • 27: Literary Britain: Poets and Novelists
  • 28: Literary Britain: The 20th Century
  • 29: Artistic Britain: Painters and Sculptors
  • 30: Britain’s Estates and Gardens
  • 31: Legacy of the British Empire
  • 32: Seafaring Britain
  • 33: Britain’s War Memorials
  • 34: Hiking England, Scotland, and Wales
  • 35: Britain’s Sporting Tradition
  • 36: How to Think about Visiting Britain
  • By This Professor

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Patrick N. Allitt

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