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Tom mentions the Lady Bird books series that schoolchildren read in the 1970s and 80s, specifically referencing one about Captain Cook that he found boring as a child.

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Referenced as 'Lady Bird, kings and queens of England' in the context of discussing whether Lady Jane Grey should be considered a queen - the speaker notes that if you don't have an entry in this Ladybird book series, you're not considered a legitimate monarch.

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Referenced as 'the Lady Bird, Kings and Queens of England books' that the speaker read as a child, which gave them their basic chronology of English and British history

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Dominic mentions this as one of his favorite childhood possessions from 1970s Britain, describing it as a two-part set that formed the narrative structure of his knowledge of history.

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Referenced when discussing how Captain Cook was taught in British schools, as a measure of his fame in English history

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Referenced multiple times as children's educational history books, including mention that 'my Lady Bird books when I was a child talked about the golden age of Elizabethan England' and later regarding impressions of Rome as a golden age.

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Lady Bird history book mentioned as one Dominic owned, later discussed as containing untrue stories about Cromwell being stolen by a monkey

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Lady Bird book Tom mentions being disappointed by because it focused too much on Roman Britain rather than Julius Caesar himself

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Lady Bird book mentioned in discussion of how illustrations changed between 1957 and 1980 editions to show different perspectives on colonial encounters