title: Royal Britain (Collins GEM)
author: Harper Collins Publishers
description: <I>Collins Gems</I> are smartly designed pocket reference guides, providing knowledge at a glance on a wide variety of popular and timely subjects. Packed with color photos and illustrations, and sporting durable flexi&#8211;bindings, these unique quick&#8211;reference books offer the minimum in size and the maximum in useful information.
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  # [Copyright](../Text/toc.xhtml#xCOP)
  
  
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  This eBook first published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2020
  
  
  Copyright © Paul Preston 2020
  
  
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