Promotion of Learning in India During Muhammadan Rule (By Muhammadans) Book

20 brief tales of important events in British history, starting in 1626 and ending in 1805. Each one is followed by a quick summary of facts. All the stories are super short - the longest probably only six pages, the shortest just two - so it's a really quick read if you want a very rushed crash-course in British history! I did learn quite a few things as well; the story of Mary Jones and her Welsh bible, the South Sea Company, Winstanley's lighthouse. I couldn't help but laugh at the lack of common sense people showed which led to the Calendar riots as well! There was also of course a plague story, a witch-hunting story, and a great fire story, and lots of royal stuff - which I find I am really not interested in. There's just too much and it's all political and uninteresting to me; all that stuff about church and state... yawn, sorry! The only thing that surprised me was that there wasn't any mention of sending convicts to Australia, though the book did cover the right time period for that.