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“All we can infer (from the archaeological shards dug up in Berkshire, Devon and Yorkshire) is that the first Britons, whoever they were and however they came, arrived from elsewhere.
The land (Britain) was once utterly uninhibited. Then people came.”
― Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain
The land (Britain) was once utterly uninhibited. Then people came.”
― Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain
“All around the world, tourist boards advertise trips to Britain with images of the great castles and cathedrals that occupy the commanding heights of our landscape. They seem timeless and typically English. It is rarely mentioned that they are predominately French - proud monuments to the invasion that signals the end of England's 'dark age'.”
― Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain
― Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain
“It could take a while — perhaps centuries. But the landscape would drip into their souls eventually. The English did not become Norman; the Normans became English.”
― The Last Wolf: The Hidden Springs of Englishness
― The Last Wolf: The Hidden Springs of Englishness
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