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English History Made Brief, Irreverent, and Pleasurable
Lacey Baldwin Smith
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Description for English History Made Brief, Irreverent, and Pleasurable
Paperback. Providing a history of England, this book recounts the achievements, personalities and idiocies of the royal family since the arrival of William the Conqueror in 1066. It is intended for tourists or those interested in history. Num Pages: 262 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 290.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Academy Chicago Publishers
Condition
New
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
Chicago, IL, United States
ISBN
9780897335478
SKU
V9780897335478
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About Lacey Baldwin Smith
Lacey Baldwin Smith was born in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1922. Following graduate work at Princeton University, he went on to teach there and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Northwestern University, where until his retirement he was Professor of History and Peter B. Ritzma Professor in the Humanities. He taught at Northwestern in an emeritus capacity. Smith was ... Read more
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