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Peter Ackroyd.
The History of England, Volume I: Foundation.

Published London: Macmillan, 2nd impression (previously issued 2011).
ISBN 9780230706392.
Binding: hardback, perfect bound.
Printer: CPI Group, Croydon.
Size: 160x240x43mm.
Page count: text ix,486pp; plates 24pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good to very good: this copy is unused, but with some shop wear; dustjacket a bit ruffled on its edges and corners.


This item £4.50
plus P&P £3.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Publisher’s price £25.00]
Weight without packaging: 837g.

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A narrative history covering the period from England prehistory to the death of Henry VII in 1509.


Contents: Hymns of stone; The Roman way; Climate change; Spear points; Blood eagle; Measure of the king; Coming of the conquerors; The house; Devils & wicked men; The road; The law is lost; The names; Turbulent priest; Lost village; Great charter; Crime & punishment; A simple king; The seasonal year; Emperor of Britain; Hammer; Favourites of a king; Birth & death; Sense of a nation; Night schools; Commotion; Into the woods; Suffering king; Old habits; The warrior; How others saw us; A simple man; Meet the family; Divided realm; World at play; Lion & lamb; Staple of life; King of spring; Come to town; Zealot king; King of suspicions; A conclusion.

Notes: no
Tables: no
Illustrations: 24p pages of plates, colour and monochrome
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography:16 pp
Index: yes

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