Foundation

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250013674
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Book Synopsis Foundation by : Peter Ackroyd

Download or read book Foundation written by Peter Ackroyd and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in Peter Ackroyd's history of England series, which has since been followed up with two more installments, Tudors and Rebellion. In Foundation, the chronicler of London and of its river, the Thames, takes us from the primeval forests of England's prehistory to the death, in 1509, of the first Tudor king, Henry VII. He guides us from the building of Stonehenge to the founding of the two great glories of medieval England: common law and the cathedrals. He shows us glimpses of the country's most distant past--a Neolithic stirrup found in a grave, a Roman fort, a Saxon tomb, a medieval manor house--and describes in rich prose the successive waves of invaders who made England English, despite being themselves Roman, Viking, Saxon, or Norman French. With his extraordinary skill for evoking time and place and his acute eye for the telling detail, Ackroyd recounts the story of warring kings, of civil strife, and foreign wars. But he also gives us a vivid sense of how England's early people lived: the homes they built, the clothes the wore, the food they ate, even the jokes they told. All are brought vividly to life in this history of England through the narrative mastery of one of Britain's finest writers.

A History of England, Volume 1

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315509997
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (155 download)

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Book Synopsis A History of England, Volume 1 by : Clayton Roberts

Download or read book A History of England, Volume 1 written by Clayton Roberts and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume narrative of English history draws on the most up-to-date primary and secondary research, encouraging students to interpret the full range of England's social, economic, cultural, and political past. A History of England, Volume 1 (Prehistory to 1714), focuses on the most important developments in the history of England through the early 18th century. Topics include the Viking and Norman conquests of the 11th century, the creation of the monarchy, the Reformation, and the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 125003759X
Total Pages : 528 pages
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Book Synopsis Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I by : Peter Ackroyd

Download or read book Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I written by Peter Ackroyd and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Ackroyd, one of Britain's most acclaimed writers, brings the age of the Tudors to vivid life in this monumental book in his The History of England series, charting the course of English history from Henry VIII's cataclysmic break with Rome to the epic rule of Elizabeth I. Rich in detail and atmosphere, Peter Ackroyd's Tudors is the story of Henry VIII's relentless pursuit of both the perfect wife and the perfect heir; of how the brief reign of the teenage king, Edward VI, gave way to the violent reimposition of Catholicism and the stench of bonfires under "Bloody Mary." It tells, too, of the long reign of Elizabeth I, which, though marked by civil strife, plots against the queen and even an invasion force, finally brought stability. Above all, however, it is the story of the English Reformation and the making of the Anglican Church. At the beginning of the sixteenth century, England was still largely feudal and looked to Rome for direction; at its end, it was a country where good governance was the duty of the state, not the church, and where men and women began to look to themselves for answers rather than to those who ruled them.

The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the Revolution in 1688

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
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Book Synopsis The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the Revolution in 1688 by : David Hume

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A Literary History of England Vol. 4

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136892990
Total Pages : 857 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Book Synopsis A Literary History of England Vol. 4 by : A Baugh

Download or read book A Literary History of England Vol. 4 written by A Baugh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-06-02 with total page 857 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1959. The scope of this four volume work makes it valuable as a work of reference, connecting one period with another an placing each author clearly in the setting of his time. This is the fourth volume and includes the Nineteeth Century and after (1789-1939).

Civil War

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Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 144727170X
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (472 download)

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Book Synopsis Civil War by : Peter Ackroyd

Download or read book Civil War written by Peter Ackroyd and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Civil War, Peter Ackroyd continues his dazzling account of England's history, beginning with the progress south of the Scottish king, James VI, who on the death of Elizabeth I became the first Stuart king of England, and ends with the deposition and flight into exile of his grandson, James II. The Stuart dynasty brought together the two nations of England and Scotland into one realm, albeit a realm still marked by political divisions that echo to this day. More importantly, perhaps, the Stuart era was marked by the cruel depredations of civil war, and the killing of a king. Ackroyd paints a vivid portrait of James I and his heirs. Shrewd and opinionated, the new King was eloquent on matters as diverse as theology, witchcraft and the abuses of tobacco, but his attitude to the English parliament sowed the seeds of the division that would split the country in the reign of his hapless heir, Charles I. Ackroyd offers a brilliant – warts and all – portrayal of Charles's nemesis Oliver Cromwell, Parliament's great military leader and England's only dictator, who began his career as a political liberator but ended it as much of a despot as 'that man of blood', the king he executed. England's turbulent seventeenth century is vividly laid out before us, but so too is the cultural and social life of the period, notable for its extraordinarily rich literature, including Shakespeare's late masterpieces, Jacobean tragedy, the poetry of John Donne and Milton and Thomas Hobbes' great philosophical treatise, Leviathan. Civil War also gives us a very real sense of the lives of ordinary English men and women, lived out against a backdrop of constant disruption and uncertainty.

Innovation

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Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250135540
Total Pages : 630 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Book Synopsis Innovation by : Peter Ackroyd

Download or read book Innovation written by Peter Ackroyd and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovation, the sixth and final volume in Peter Ackroyd's magnificent History of England series, takes readers from the Boer War to the Millennium Dome almost a hundred years later. Innovation brings Peter Ackroyd's History of England to a triumphant close. Ackroyd takes readers from the end of the Boer War and the accession of Edward VII to the end of the twentieth century, when his great-granddaughter Elizabeth II had been on the throne for almost five decades. It was a century of enormous change, encompassing two world wars, four monarchs (Edward VII, George V, George VI and the Queen), the decline of the aristocracy and the rise of the Labour Party, women's suffrage, the birth of the NHS, the march of suburbia and the clearance of the slums. It was a period that saw the work of the Bloomsbury Group and T.S. Eliot, of Kingsley Amis and Philip Larkin, from the end of the post-war slump to the technicolor explosion of the 1960s, to free love and punk rock, and from Thatcher to Blair. A vividly readable, richly peopled tour de force, Innovation is Peter Ackroyd writing at the height of his powers.

The History of England

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 66 pages
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Book Synopsis The History of England by : Jane Austen

Download or read book The History of England written by Jane Austen and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This facsimilie of Jane Austen's parody of Oliver Goldsmith's History of England has been reproduced to mirror the original handwritten manuscript. Spanning the reign of Henry IV to the death of Charles I, the manuscript is accompanied by a full transcript.

A Short History of England

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Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1610391438
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)

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Book Synopsis A Short History of England by : Simon Jenkins

Download or read book A Short History of England written by Simon Jenkins and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2011-11-22 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The heroes and villains, triumphs and disasters of English history are instantly familiar—-from the Norman Conquest to Henry VIII, Queen Victoria to the two world wars. But to understand their full sig­nificance we need to know the whole story. A Short History of England sheds new light on all the key individuals and events in English histo­ry by bringing them together in an enlightening account of the country’s birth, rise to global promi­nence, and then partial eclipse. Written with flair and authority by Guardian columnist and LondonTimes former editor Simon Jenkins, this is the definitive narrative of how today’s England came to be. Concise but comprehensive, with more than a hundred color illustrations, this beautiful single-volume history will be the standard work for years to come.

The English and Their History

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Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1101873361
Total Pages : 1106 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Book Synopsis The English and Their History by : Robert Tombs

Download or read book The English and Their History written by Robert Tombs and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-11-29 with total page 1106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a Book of the Year by the Daily Telegraph, Times Literary Supplement, The Times, Spectator, and The Economist The English first materialized as an idea, before they had a common ruler and before the country they lived in even had a name. From the armed Saxon bands that descended onto Roman-controlled Britain in the fifth century to the travails of the Eurozone plaguing the prime-ministership of today's multicultural England, acclaimed historian Robert Tombs presents a momentous and challenging history of a people who have a claim to be the oldest nation in existence. Drawing on a wealth of recent scholarship, Tombs sheds light on the strength and resilience of English governance, the deep patterns of division among the people who have populated the British Isles, the persistent capacity of the English to come together in the face of danger, and not the least the ways the English have understood their own history, have argued about it, forgotten it and yet been shaped by it. Momentous and definitive, The English and Their History is the first single-volume work on this scale for more than half a century.

A Social History of England

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ISBN 13 : 9780140136067
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (36 download)

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Book Synopsis A Social History of England by : Asa Briggs

Download or read book A Social History of England written by Asa Briggs and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranging widely over time and place, Asa Briggs highlights continuities and changes in society in England from prehistory to the present day. Literature, art and politics are investigated as aspects and gauges of human experience, research in related disciplines is discussed and changes in historical interpretations explained. The author also offers his own, personal, view of social history.

1066 and All That

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Publisher : Hassell Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781014250230
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Book Synopsis 1066 and All That by : W C Sellar

Download or read book 1066 and All That written by W C Sellar and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

A Short History of England

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
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Book Synopsis A Short History of England by : Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Download or read book A Short History of England written by Gilbert Keith Chesterton and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The History of England

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
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Download or read book The History of England written by and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
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Book Synopsis An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England by : Edward Potts Cheyney

Download or read book An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England written by Edward Potts Cheyney and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Outline History of England

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ISBN 13 : 9780582532243
Total Pages : 173 pages
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Book Synopsis An Outline History of England by : A. G. Eyre

Download or read book An Outline History of England written by A. G. Eyre and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The History of England: Foundation

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 540 pages
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Book Synopsis The History of England: Foundation by : Peter Ackroyd

Download or read book The History of England: Foundation written by Peter Ackroyd and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first in an extraordinary six-volume history, "Foundation" takes the reader from the primeval forests of England's prehistory to the death, in 1509, of the first Tudor king, Henry VII.