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Introducing The Horse Guard Workbook
British Heritage for home-educating families
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20 - Two Ships at Midsummer
Plague in the summer of 1348.
Sep 11
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August 2026
19 - The Longbow
Crécy, Calais, and the weapon nobody in France believed in.
Aug 28
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18 - Two Men from Every Town
The seeds of Parliament
Aug 20
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17 - Robert the Bruce
William Wallace had shown Scotland that the English could be beaten, but Robert the Bruce would drive them out.
Aug 14
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16 - William Wallace
Scotland's lords had surrendered, to the English King Edward I, but nobody had thought to ask the Scottish people.
Aug 7
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15 - King Edward I - The Hammer of the Scots
He built the law, broke the Welsh, and reached for Scotland.
Aug 2
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July 2026
14 - King John and Magna Carta
The worst king England ever had, gave it the most important document in its history.
Jul 26
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13 – King Richard the Lionheart
He barely set foot in England, yet England never forgot him.
Jul 11
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12 – Murder in the Cathedral
A king trusted his closest friend with the most powerful position in the Church. It was the worst mistake he ever made.
Jul 4
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June 2026
11 - King Henry Plantagenet
He arrived in a ruined kingdom and built a law that outlasted his empire.
Jun 26
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10 - Son's of the Conqueror
Three brothers, two crowns, and a quarrel that lasted a lifetime.
Jun 19
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