Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty
From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Plantagenets, a short, lively, action-packed history of how the Magna Carta came to beThe Magna Carta is revered around the world as the founding document of Western liberty. Its principles can be found in our Bill of Rights and in the...
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From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Plantagenets, a short, lively, action-packed history of how the Magna Carta came to beThe Magna Carta is revered around the world as the founding document of Western liberty. Its principles can be found in our Bill of Rights and in the Constitution. But what was this strange document that dwells on tax relief and greater
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780525428299 (0525428291)
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
This is a review of an advance reader's copy (ARC) provided by Viking Books through the Goodreads Giveaway program.News stories about the 800th anniversary a couple months ago attracted me to this book. I mean I was already vaguely aware it was forced on the hated King John. Plus the Bill of Rights ...
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