What if Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn had a son? This and more British history questions answered by experts

Uncover the possibilities of British history, from the Romans to WWII, in this new history special

How might the history of England and the British Isles generally have been different if Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn had a son? Would Elizabeth I’s mother have kept her head? Would Henry’s wandering eye have got him into trouble in some other way? How would it have changed the line of kings and queens to come?

All of these questions and many more speculative histories of Britain are answered in What If… Book of Alternative British History, available now. With expert interviews tackling the thorny issues of topics like what if Boudicca’s rebellion had succeeded, Scotland and England hadn’t unified, the French Revolution had spread to Britain or what if Queen Victoria had been assassinated?

We have historians guide us through the events as they really happened and what small changes could have upended history as we know it in this comprehensive collection.

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