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Foundation : the history of England from its earliest beginnings to the Tudors / Peter Ackroyd.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection DA130 .A45 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ackroyd, Peter, 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain--History--To 1485.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--History--Henry VII, 1485-1509.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 486 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2012.
- Summary:
- Tells the epic story of the birth of England. The first in a 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, Henry VII.
- 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.
- Notes:
- "First published in Great Britain by Macmillan"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781250003614 (hardcover)
- 125000361X (hardcover)
- OCLC:
- 800447745
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