This Sceptred Isle, Vol. 6: The First British Empire 1702-1760 (This Sceptred Isle #6)
Christopher Lee, Winston S. Churchill, Anna Massey, Peter Jeffrey
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Queen Anne was the last Stuart monarch. In her twelve years on the throne she became the last monarch to veto an Act of Parliament. Scotland was officially united with England and Wales and the Duke of Marlborough - Churchill's most illustrious ancestor - became a national hero in winning the Battle of Blenheim. When Anne died without an heir, Great Britain acquired its first Hanoverian king - George I.
The reigns of the first two Georges witnessed the first great financial scandal - the South Sea Bubble - and the rise of Robert Walpole, the man usually called Britain's first Prime Minister. Rule Britannia and God Save the King came into the national repertoire, gin and grog came into the national drinks cabinet and William Pitt the Elder, Bonnie Prince Charlie and Clive of India all found their way to centre stage.
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