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    Magna Carta: Runnymede to Philadelphia
    Magna Carta: Runnymede to Philadelphia
    Magna Carta: Runnymede to Philadelphia
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    Magna Carta: Runnymede to Philadelphia

    By John Ashtone

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    The compelling story, of how a medieval peace treaty became the cornerstone of modern Democracy. Magna Carta, traces the story from its beginnings in English Law, and Anglo Saxon freedoms, through the machinations of medieval kingship, to arrive at Philadelphia and become the foundation of the U.S Constitution. Who did what, why it happened and what were the consequences of these various actions.

    All told in an easy flowing story, that wants you to turn the page and find out what happened next. The book has been researched from original source manuscripts and histories, although it is not an academic publication, and is purely for fun, I have used accurate authorities and the whole sets a gold standard for authority and readership combined. It is fully illustrated, with 54 pictures, diagrams and maps to ‘illuminate’ the story as you go along. This includes maps to locate the story, family trees to understand the relationship of the monarchs involved and other pictures to help understand the story.

    A story of how, one of England’s most useless kings, ended up giving the world one of its most potent symbols of freedom, Magna Carta, and a phrase that should be etched into the memories of every child in the world, “To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice”. It is the basis of all free peoples, and the story has many twists and turns, all chronicled here in a compelling, illustrated story, with which to engage.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Ashtone
    Release dateMay 29, 2015
    ISBN9781311317063
    Magna Carta: Runnymede to Philadelphia
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    John Ashtone

    I am from Leeds, Yorkshire which to clarify for those overseas is in UK, I worked for W.H.Smith's the booksellers and inventor of the ISBN when I first left School, and I am a Bibliophile through and through.I went hitch hiking around Europe more years ago than I will admit to, which took me to the Artic circle in Finland (one of my favourite Countries, the people are sublime), as far South as Tehran in Iran (a dump of which the majority of the people are not warm towards outsiders), I didn't go into Spain (which at the time still had Franco in charge) or down to Portugal, otherwise with the exception of San Marino I have visited every Country in what was then Western Europe.I was threatened at gunpoint in Hamburg, and an undercover agent for the Stasi tried to hire me as an agent for the Communist regime, I only worked this out later by a pure chance encounter with the person he was supposed to be ?I have since owned various Newsagent shops (for our US cousins Mom & Pop store) worked in the Building trade, renovated houses, worked in warehousing and finally I am currently doing Security guard work.Which is basically someone pays me, and I in the mean time write, whilst being praised as the best Guard most of the suits (what is the female of noun male executive is it Suitess ha ha) have encountered.In the mean time I have written the 1st volume of my History of Medieval England, I did this because primarily it was just facts that I could keep track of, so when I continually got broken off to do my paid job, it was not my imagination and train of thought that were interrupted, just my gathering of facts.I have already written a novel, which is an adveture thriller, but this has had over thirty rejections, however the feedback was all positive, "over written but better than most", when I read it now I know exactly what they mean, so a re-edit is needed the current 125k words down to around 80k to 90k words.Edit Nov 28thI have started writing my next project which is the Story of Alfred the Great, his Daughter Aethelflaed, and Grandson Aethelstan, who was the first King to unite England under one State. Alfred is well known, Athelstan not very well known. What I found whilst writing the 1st volume of my History was Aethelflaed, has been nearly airbrushed from history, but was probably England's greatest heroine, winning 3 battles (I put forward she won a 4th more important battle) and helping to unite a then splintered Country.Anyway she seems to have slipped from History because she was a Woman, but also a bit of bad luck, in that she died before securing York and Northumbria as part of Wessex & Mercia, had she completed that project I firmly think she would be still well known. Athelstan united for a time what would become the permanent makeup of England, so these three Father Daughter and Garndson helped create the England of today.So I am currently forming the story into a cracking read.June 2013The new book is to be called 'England's Foundation' and is nearing completion, however it then needs editing, by me, then re-editing by others, and so still lots of work but is getting there. I shall be updating my Website at some point, I have been distracted helping a friend who was seriously ill, which meant that weekends when I should be updating the website were taken up helping him, he is now recovering okay, so I will be getting to grips with the website by July?

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