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Ed West

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	1066 and Before All That: The Battle of Hastings, Anglo-Saxon and Norman England 3.95 avg rating — 974 ratings — published 2017 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saxons vs. Vikings: Alfred the Great and England in the Dark Ages 3.98 avg rating — 717 ratings — published 2017 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	1215 and All That: Magna Carta and King John 4.02 avg rating — 595 ratings — published 2017 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Iron, Fire and Ice: The Real History that Inspired Game of Thrones by Ed West (Goodreads Author), Rory Barnett (Reader) 3.71 avg rating — 482 ratings — published 2019 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	England in the Age of Chivalry . . . And Awful Diseases: The Hundred Years' War and Black Death 3.82 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 2018 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Kingdom for a Horse: The War of the Roses 3.87 avg rating — 287 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Diversity Illusion: What We Got Wrong About Immigration & How to Set It Right 4.03 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Path of the Martyrs: Charles Martel, The Battle of Tours and the Birth of Europe 4.07 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Small Men on the Wrong Side of History: The Decline, Fall and Unlikely Return of Conservatism 4.03 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Asabiyyah: What Ibn Khaldun, the Islamic father of social science, can teach us about the world today 4.22 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I'm thinking of doing a rejigged Iron, Fire and Ice, structured chronologically. A lot of the reviewers here didn't like its structure, and they may have a point, so I'm interested in anyone who might want to read a segment to see if it works better that way. Please share with any GoT fans who might be interested. My email is edjameswest@gmail.com

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A Very, Very Short History of England (5 books)
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“It was Martin Luther King who said, ‘In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.’ That is why I felt I could not be silent today.”
― Ed West, The Silence of Our Friends

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“Eventually English was adopted by the new aristocracy, but it was a changed language, and Old English is totally incomprehensible to us. Today at least a quarter and as many as a half of English words are of French origin, and the Norman invasion helped to add great nuance to the language. French words are usually more formal or aristocratic sounding: ascend, rather than rise, status rather than standing, mansion rather than house, cordial rather than hearty. Almost all words relating to government and justice are Norman, including prison, jury, felony, traitor, govern and, of course, justice. Likewise titles are mostly Norman French, including sovereign, prince, duke and baron—although not king or lord.”
― Ed West, 1066 and Before All That: The Battle of Hastings, Anglo-Saxon and Norman England

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“We have shouted aid to the world but no one has listened to us. Where is the Christian conscience? Where is human consciousness? Where are my brothers?”
― Ed West, The Silence of Our Friends

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