English History Made Brief, Irreverent, and Pleasurable

Name: English History Made Brief, Irreverent, and Pleasurable
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ISBN: 9780897335478

ISBN-10: 0897335473

ISBN-13: 9780897335478

Edition: 2006

Authors: Lacey Baldwin Smith

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Here at last is a history of England that is designed to entertain as well as inform and that will delight armchair travellers, tourists or anyone interested in history. No people have engendered quite so much acclaim or earned so much censure as the English: extolled as the Athenians of modern times, yet hammered for their self-satisfaction and hypocrisy. But their history has been a spectacular one. The guiding principle of this book's heretical approach is that "history is not everything that happened, but what is worth remembering about the past...". Its chapters deal mainly with 'Memorable History' in blocks of time over the centuries. The final chapter recounts the achievements,…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 275
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English