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Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty

byDan Jones

Magna Carta examines the Birth of Liberty, combining Dan Jones's clear narrative with the perspective of a historical account. The book builds its explanation through key episodes, competing interests, and the setting supplied by the connected fields of history and political science. The result avoids a single easy lesson, emphasizing instead how circumstances, institutions, and individual choices interacted over time. Magna Carta leaves readers with key context and a clear view of the human stakes involved. Historical context and individual experience remain equally important to the book's explanation.

Publisher

Penguin Books

Publication date

Nov 15, 2016

Format

Print edition

Pages

288

ISBN

9780143108955