Author: Esq. James ROBINSON
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 994
Book Description
A Compleat and Impartial History of England, from the conquest of Britain by Julius Caesar, to the end of the reign of King George the First. Faithfully collected from Rapin, Echard, Kennet, and other historians. [With plates, including a portrait.]
Author: Esq. James ROBINSON
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 994
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 994
Book Description
An Utterly Impartial History of Britain, Or, 2000 Years of Upper-class Idiots in Charge
Author: John O'Farrell
Publisher: Doubleday Books
ISBN: 9780385611992
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Many of us were put off history by the dry and dreary way it was taught at school. Back then -~The Origins of the Industrial Revolution' somehow seemed less compelling than the chance to test the bold claim on Timothy Johnson's -~Shatterproof' ruler.But here at last is a chance to have a good laugh and learn all that stuff you feel you really ought to know by now... In this -~Horrible History for Grown Ups' you can read how Anglo-Saxon liberals struggled to be positive about immigration; -~Look I think we have to try and respect the religious customs of our new Viking friends -" oi, he's nicked my bloody ox!'Discover how England's peculiar class system was established by some snobby French nobles whose posh descendents still have wine cellars and second homes in the Dordogne today. And explore the complex socio-economic reasons why Britain's kings were the first in Europe to be brought to heel; (because the Stuarts were such a useless bunch of untalented, incompetent, arrogant, upper-class thickoes that Parliament didn't have much choice.) A book about then that is also incisive and illuminating about now, -~2000 Years of Upper Class Idiots in Charge', is an hilarious, informative and cantankerous journey through Britain' fascinating and bizarre history.As entertaining as a witch burning, and a lot more laughs.
Publisher: Doubleday Books
ISBN: 9780385611992
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Many of us were put off history by the dry and dreary way it was taught at school. Back then -~The Origins of the Industrial Revolution' somehow seemed less compelling than the chance to test the bold claim on Timothy Johnson's -~Shatterproof' ruler.But here at last is a chance to have a good laugh and learn all that stuff you feel you really ought to know by now... In this -~Horrible History for Grown Ups' you can read how Anglo-Saxon liberals struggled to be positive about immigration; -~Look I think we have to try and respect the religious customs of our new Viking friends -" oi, he's nicked my bloody ox!'Discover how England's peculiar class system was established by some snobby French nobles whose posh descendents still have wine cellars and second homes in the Dordogne today. And explore the complex socio-economic reasons why Britain's kings were the first in Europe to be brought to heel; (because the Stuarts were such a useless bunch of untalented, incompetent, arrogant, upper-class thickoes that Parliament didn't have much choice.) A book about then that is also incisive and illuminating about now, -~2000 Years of Upper Class Idiots in Charge', is an hilarious, informative and cantankerous journey through Britain' fascinating and bizarre history.As entertaining as a witch burning, and a lot more laughs.
The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete: History of England
Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
History of England From The Accession of James II, Complete Five Volumes
Author: Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465559620
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 4305
Book Description
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465559620
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 4305
Book Description
The Complete Writings of Lord Macaulay: History of England
Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Foundation
Author: Peter Ackroyd
Publisher: 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.
Publisher: 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.
A Complete and Impartial History of the Rise, Progress, & Termination of the Late War, which Commenced in the Year 1791
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
A New and Complete History of England
Author: Temple Sydney
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 930
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 930
Book Description
The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete
Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Serial Publication in England Before 1750
Author: Roy McKeen Wiles
Publisher: Cambridge, [Eng.] : Cambridge University Press
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Publisher: Cambridge, [Eng.] : Cambridge University Press
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description