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Subtitled “A Slight Sketch and Criticism of the Social and Political Conditions in the British Islands (herein called Britain) from the Year 56 B.C. to the Accession of Henry II to the Throne of England in 1154 A.D.,” this 1912 book tells a panoramic history of Britain, paying special attention to the Roman and Scandinavian invasions, Alfred the Great, Scotland’s growth, and general laws and treaties of Wessex.
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