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History at its best--the great stories of England's modernage, distilled in Robert Lacey's inimitable style. From William and Mary to Watson and Crick, Robert Lacey's newest volumeoffers up the most delightful and intriguing English tales of the last fewcenturies. Royal families and renowned scientists, highwaymen and warheroes--the most colorful characters of modern English history are here.Samuel Johnson, Mary Wollstonecraft, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert,Charles Darwin, Winston Churchill--these are but a few of the famouscharacters to grace the pages of volume three. Robert Lacey once againcaptivates with the tales of an era's most pivotal moments: the events andextraordinary characters that shaped a great nation.