History of England

A drowned prehistoric land, a flying monk, a Roman admiral who crowned himself emperor of Britain. The true, forgotten stories that never made it into the history books. What if the most fascinating stories in English history were the ones nobody ever told?

Everyone knows about William the Conqueror, Henry VIII, and the Black Death. But England's past is filled with remarkable people and extraordinary events that rarely make it into the history books.

Did you know Britain was once connected to Europe by a vast land now hidden beneath the North Sea? That a medieval monk attempted human flight centuries before Leonardo da Vinci sketched his flying machines? Or that one of the greatest military leaders in early English history was a woman whose achievements were forgotten for nearly a thousand years?

This audiobook uncovers the overlooked moments, forgotten figures, and astonishing true events that shaped England from prehistoric times to the twentieth century. Drawing on archaeological discoveries, contemporary chronicles, and modern research, each chapter reveals a story that deserves a place alongside the country's best-known events.

Inside, you'll discover:

The lost world of Doggerland. The prehistoric landscape that vanished beneath the North Sea, taking a whole way of life with it. The monk who tried to fly. A human-flight attempt nearly a millennium before the Wright brothers. Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, who led armies against the Vikings, then slipped out of the history books for a thousand years. The Black Tudor at court. The corpse that fooled Hitler. How Operation Mincemeat used a dead body and a fake identity to change the course of the Second World War. Taken together, these forgotten stories reveal a stranger, richer, and more surprising England than the one in the textbooks. Once you've read them, you'll never look at English history the same way again.

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