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Author: John Lewis-Stempel Publisher: Penguin UK ISBN: 0141019956 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 684
Book Description
John Lewis-Stempel presents the story of England, of her history and culture in the words of the people who lived it, from 55 B.C. to 2004 A.D. All the great and influential events are included - from the Gunpowder plot, Boudicca's rebellion, Nelson at Trafalgar, Magna Carta, and two World Wars.
Author: John Lewis-Stempel Publisher: Penguin UK ISBN: 0141019956 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 684
Book Description
John Lewis-Stempel presents the story of England, of her history and culture in the words of the people who lived it, from 55 B.C. to 2004 A.D. All the great and influential events are included - from the Gunpowder plot, Boudicca's rebellion, Nelson at Trafalgar, Magna Carta, and two World Wars.
Author: Roger Hall Lloyd Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 1491754923 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 205
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The author was born in Oklahoma in 1934 and moved to England with his parents and sister in 1939. At the outbreak of War he returned to Oklahoma with his mother and sister, though his father remained in England. At the end of the War the family was reunited in England. During the following years the family spent many summers by the Lake of Geneva, Switzerland. It was partly these memories which brought the author to revisit the Lake, and partly his interest in the great figures of the Romantic movement associated with the Lake. In particular, he retraced the voyage which the poets Byron and Shelley took around the Lake in the summer of 1816. Apart from Byron and Shelley this brought the author to reflect on the lives, thought and careers of other persons associated with the Lake, including Mary Shelley, Edward Gibbon, J-J Rousseau, William Beckford, Benjamin Constant and Mme de Stael, reminders of whom he encountered in the course of his week on the Lake.
Author: Matthew Engel Publisher: Profile Books ISBN: 1847659284 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 803
Book Description
England, says Matthew Engel, is the most complicated place in the world. And, as he travels through each of the historic English counties, he discovers that's just the start of it. Every county is fascinating, the product of a millennium or more of history: still a unique slice of a nation that has not quite lost its ancient diversity. He finds the well-dressers of Derbyshire and the pyromaniacs of Sussex; the Hindus and huntsmen of Leicestershire; the goddess-worshippers of Somerset. He tracks down the real Lancashire, hedonistic Essex, and the most mysterious house in Middlesex. In Durham he goes straight from choral evensong to the dog track. As he seeks out the essence of each county - from Yorkshire's broad acres to the microdot of Rutland - Engel always finds the unexpected . Engel's England is a totally original look at a confused country: a guidebook for people who don't think they need a guidebook. It is always quirky, sometimes poignant and often extremely funny.
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