The Churchills Episode One: The Choice

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But why does he jump the short reign of James II and all that James did to punish his subjects and to re-convert the country back to Roman Catholicism via the subjection of the established Protestant Church of England post the Cromwellian period and via pseudo appeals over the head of the established Church to dissident Protestants ie those of former Cromwellian sympathies? Why no reference to the filling of the Army and other government posts including the Judiciary with Catholics to wit the infamous Judge Jeffries, the Tower of London imprisonment of seven Church of England bishops, and the cruel execution of his brother’s illegitimate son Monmouth?

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Thank you for creating this. Frankly, in the US, k -12 schools always teach history from a US-centric viewpoint; thus, the focus of The Glorious Revolution was on how James's daughter and son-in-law gave their name to the oldest college in Virginia. I've read world history since my time in the public school system, but this helps to fill in the gaps. Could I hope that you will write a book about the topic?

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"William of Orange hurried to London". He went like Billy O.

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Winston did phd on his ancestor,no supervisor necessary,and the publishers paid him to do it. Clever fellow that Winston. The days of self education. Of course he had access to a great library.

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David What is that film called , the one with Charles II in?

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Does anyone know the name of the Black & White movie shown in this movie that features Charles I and Charles II?

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sadly Starkey is right, not a single politician anywhere today could actually manage to write such a book never mind guide a country the way Churchill did

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I wonder what would have happened if James had taken Churchills advice and attacked William of Orange instead of running away on the French generals advice. When would Churchill have gone over to Willuam with his 400 generals and men? What was his plan A, plan B worked

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Barbara Villiers' daughter Charlotte Fitzroy married a relative of mine. Sir Edward Lee, Baronet Quarendon, who became Earl of Lichfield on the betrothal. Charlotte Fitzroy was 'wife of 5th cousin, 9 x removed'. 🙂 Their home was Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire, just north of Blenheim Palace.

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Utterly brilliant. Relevant to the current situation with Russia. Hopefully a lesson learned from Hitler and how the outcome could have been changed if Britain and France had had the courage in the late 30s with the Rhineland

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It is quite lamentable to me that John Churchill, the greatest general this nation has ever produced, is somehow not a household name.

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Eugene of Savoy's contributions to Europe are certainly more important than Winston's relative, John. The real domination that would have swept Europe came from the Ottoman Turks, before, during and after the Siege of 1683. Prince Eugene played a large role in repelling the followers of Mohammed.

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Churchill liked Disraeli ... who was also a writer, but of fiction.

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What’s the title of this B & W film?

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Anyone know the title of the book with the letter in it ?

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… so is it right to say the British Empire began with the actions of a Churchill & finished with the actions of a Churchill (fall of Singapore)? …

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There was a bit of history that I always had a chuckle about over Louis XIV, and that was: "In 1686, Louis XIV of France (1638 - 1715) - The Sun King - developed a perianal abscess that after a series of failed treatment attempts, including with the use of a red-hot iron, developed into an anal fistula." His physician had a barber-surgeon to do the operation, and afterward, the elites surrounding him started wearing bandaged bums as a fashion, where some even requested the surgery themselves.

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At 35:24, appeaser british politicians and press did not want to offend Germany. Today, british Remainer politicians and press don't want to offend the EU, which incidentally, is run by Germany.

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can anyone please tell me what is the name of the book

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‘Marlborough: His Life and Times’ the four volume set.