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Article: Glorious take on Revolution.(Book Review)
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- Daily Mail (London)
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- January 27, 2006
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Byline: TOM KYLE
Critic's choice REVOLUTION: THE GREAT CRISIS OF THE BRITISH MONARCHY 1685-1720 by Tim Harris (Allen Lane, [pounds sterling]30)
APPARENTLY, many schools no longer include dates in the study of history.
That is unfortunate, because dates are important - some more so than others.
But what is the most important date in British history? Most people would probably trot out the usual suspects: Hastings, 1066; Union of the Crowns, 1603; Waterloo, 1815. Some might plump for the end of World War II in 1945 or even 1973, when the UK joined the Common Market.
How many, I wonder, would answer 1688? Precious few, I imagine. ...