Author: Thomas Babington MacaulayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
The History of England from the Accession of James the Second
Author: Thomas Babington MacaulayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Foundation
Author: Peter AckroydPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250013674
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
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.
Civil War
Author: Peter AckroydPublisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 144727170X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
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.
The Constitutional History of England in Its Origin and Development
Author: William StubbsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688
Author: David HumePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Restoration and Eighteenth Century (1660-1789)
Author: George SherburnPublisher:
ISBN: 9780710061300
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
The History of England [vol. 3
Author: A History of Britain
Author: Simon SchamaPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 0563487143
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The first volume in this history of Britain tells the story of Britain from the time of the earliest settlements discovered in the Orkneys to the death of Queen Elizabeth the First.
History of England
Author: THOMAS B. MACAULAYThe History of England, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)
Author: Paul Rapin De ThoyrasPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282654931
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Excerpt from The History of England, Vol. 3 Thefe ceremonies Being over, the afi'embly of the lords, The earl of who reptefented at that time the whole nation chofe the earl gurbmh hf Pembroke guardian of the king, and declared him pl'otec-g tor, that is, re nt of the kingdom. They could not chufe M. Paris. To that high 0 cc, a perfori of greater abilities, of more zeal gripping; for the public good, or a fafler friend to the royal family. A? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.