Leviathan: The Rise of Britain as a World Power

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David Scott. Leviathan: The Rise of Britain as a World Power

LEVIATHAN. The Rise of Britain as a World Power. DAVID SCOTT

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PREFACE

1. Lost Kingdoms, 1485–1526

2. The Protestant Cause, 1527–1603

3. Free Monarchy, 1603–37

4. Behemoth and Leviathan, 1637–60

5. The French Connection, 1660–1714

6. The Balance of Europe, 1714–54

7. Greatness of Empire

8. New World Order, 1754–83

EPILOGUE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

NOTES

PICTURE SECTION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Also by David Scott

Copyright

About the Publisher

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For Sarah

Dedication

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Wars of magnificence

The young Henry VIII’s positioning of himself on the international stage represented a clear departure from his father’s handling of foreign affairs. Henry VII’s serpentine dealings with his fellow princes and the papacy were not for Henry VIII. Raised on stories of chivalric derring-do and English conquest in France, he dreamed of emulating his Plantagenet heroes Edward III and Henry V. By the time he became king he was determined to ‘create such a fine opinion about his valour among all men that they would clearly understand that his ambition was not merely to equal but indeed to exceed the glorious deeds of his ancestors’.40

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