Cruel Britannia
The brutal 500-year history of English violence in Europe.
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New Times,
New Thinking.
Brendan Simms is a professor of international relations and director of the Centre for Geopolitics at the University of Cambridge. He is a New Statesman contributing writer.
The brutal 500-year history of English violence in Europe.
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