Foundation the history of England from its earliest beginnings to the Tudors /
One of Britain's most popular and esteemed historians tells the epic story of the birth of England. The first in an extraordinary six-volume history, "Foundation" takes the reader from the primeval forests of England's prehistory to the death, in 1509, of the first Tudor king, He...
| Main Author: | Ackroyd, Peter, 1949- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Thomas Dunne Books,
[2011]
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| Physical Description: |
ix, 486 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. |
| Edition: | Book club ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Hymns of stone
- The Roman way
- Climate change
- Spear points
- The blood eagle
- The measure of the king
- The coming of the conquerors
- The house
- Devils and wicked men
- The road
- The law is lost
- The names
- The turbulent priest
- The lost village
- The great charter
- Crime and punishment
- A simple king
- The seasonal year
- The emperor of Britain
- The hammer
- The favourites of a king
- Birth and death
- The sense of a nation
- The night schools
- The commotion
- Into the woods
- The suffering king
- Old habits
- The warrior
- How others saw us
- A simple man
- Meet the family
- The divided realm
- The world at play
- The lion and the lamb
- The staple of life
- The king of spring
- Come to town
- The zealot king
- The king of suspicions
- A conclusion.