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By Ian Mortimer
Touchstone
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The past is a foreign country.
This is your guidebook.
A time machine has just transported you back to the fourteenth century. What do you see? How do you dress? How do you earn a living and how much are you paid? What sort of food will you be offered by a peasant or a monk or a lord? And more important, where will you stay? The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England is not your typical look at a historical period. This radical new approach shows us that the past is not just something to be studied; it is also something to be lived. All facets of everyday life in this fascinating period are revealed, from the horrors of the plague and war to the ridiculous excesses of roasted larks and medieval haute couture. Through the use of daily chronicles, letters, household accounts, and poems of the day, Morti-mer transports you back in time, providing answers to questions typically ignored by traditional historians. You will learn how to greet people on the street, what to use as toilet paper, why a physician might want to taste your blood, and how to know whether you are coming down with leprosy. From the first step on the road to the medieval city of Exeter, through meals of roast beaver and puffin, Mortimer re-creates this strange and complex period of history. Here, the lives of serf, merchant, and aristocrat are illuminated with re-markable detail in this engaging literary journey. The result is the most astonishing social history book you're ever likely to read: revolutionary in its concept, informative and entertaining in its detail, and startling for its portrayal of humanity in an age of violence, exuberance, and fear. |
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By Darwin Porter
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Completely updated every year (unlike most of the competition), Frommer's England 2010 features gorgeous color photos and maps, a detachable foldout map of London, and details on all of the country's top cities, villages, gardens, countryside destinations, and more. Frommer's England 2009 details the best overall travel experiences, from pub crawls to antique shopping to theater-going; the best of literary England (Stratford-upon-Avon, Jane Austen country, and more); the best ancient and Roman sites, including Roman baths and "Hadrian's Wall"; the best museums and galleries, from the Tate Modern to the National Museum of Wales; and the best hotels and restaurants in all price categories. You'll also find over 130 pages devoted to the best of London, including the best nearby driving tours and day trips by train. It's all done with the trademark Frommer's attention to style, accuracy, and detail, including updated addresses and exact prices. Read an in-depth guide to England's art and architecture, and get the latest trip-planning advice on everything from bargain airfares to rail passes. |
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By David Hume
BiblioLife
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From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688. |
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By Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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A SHORT HISfORY OF ENGLAND A SHORT HISTS Y of ENGLAND BY G. K. CHESTERTON AUTHOR OP HERETICS, ORTHODOXY, THE CRIMES OP ENGLAND, ETC. NEW YORK JOHN LANE COMPANY MCMXVII CONTENTS PAGE I. INTRODUCTION 9 II. THE PROVINCE OP BRITAIN 14 III. THE AGE OP LEGENDS 28 IV. THE DEFEAT OP THE BARBARIANS . . 40 V. ST. EDWARD AND THE NORMAN KINGS . 54 VI. THE AGE OP THE CRUSADES .... 71 VII. THE PROBLEM OP THE PLANTAGENETS . 86 VIII. THE MEANING OF MERRY ENGLAND . . 103 IX. NATIONALITY AND THE PRENCH WARS . 124 X. THE WAR OP THE USURPERS .... 141 XI. THE REBELLION OP THE RICH .... 157 XII. SPAIN AND THE SCHISM OP NATIONS . .178 XIII. THE AGE OP THE PURITANS , . . . IQ2 XIV. THE TRIUMPH OF THE WHIGS . . . . 211 XV. THE WAR WITH THE GREAT REPUBLICS . 22Q XVI. ARISTOCRACY AND THE DISCONTENTS . . 245 XVII. THE RETURN OF THE BARBARIAN ... 262 XVIIL CONCLUSION 280 A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND Introduction IT will be very reasonably asked why I should consent, though upon a sort of challenge, to write even a popular essay in English history, who make no pretence to particular scholarship and am merely a mem ber of the public. The answer is that I know just enough to know one thing that a history from the standpoint of a member of the public has not been written. What we call the popu lar histories should rather be called the anti popular histories. They are all, nearly without exception, written against the people and in them the populace is either ignored or elabo rately proved to have been wrong. It is true that Green called his book A Short History of the English People but he seems to have thought it too short for the people to be prop erly mentioned. For instance, he calls one very large part of his story Puritan England. But England never was Puritan. It would have been almost as unfair to call the rise of Henry of Navarre Puritan France. And some of our extreme Whig historians would have been pretty nearly capable of calling the campaign of Wexford and Drogheda Puritan Ireland. 9 10 A Short History of England But it is especially in the matter of the Mic die Ages that the popular histories trampl upon the popular traditions. In this respec there is an almost comic contrast between th general information provided about Englam in the last two or three centuries, in which it present industrial system was being built uf and the general information given about th preceding centuries, which we call broadly me diseval. Of the sort of waxwork history whicl is thought sufficient for the side-show of tfo age of abbots and crusaders, a small instano will be sufficient. A popular Encyclopcedia ap peared some years ago, professing among othe things to teach English History to the masses and in this I came upon a series of picture of the English kings. No one could expcc them to be all authentic but the interest at tached to those that were necessarily imagi nary. There is much vivid material in con temporary literature for portraits of men lik Henry II. or Edward I. but this did not seen to have been found, or even sought. And wan dering to the image that stood for Stephen oi Blois, my eye was staggered by a gcntlemar with one of those helmets with steel brims curved like a crescent, which went with the age of ruffs and trunk-hose. I am pretty nearly satisfied that the head was that of a halbadier Introduction 11 at some such scene as the execution of Mary Queen of Scots. But he had a helmet and hel mets were mediaeval and any old helmet was good enough for Stephen. Now suppose the readers of that work of reference had looked for the portrait of Charles I. and found the head of a policeman. Sup pose it had been taken, modern helmet and all, out of some snapshot in the Daily Sketch of the arrest of Mrs. Pankhurst. I think we may go so far as to say that the readers would have refused to accept it as a lifelike portrait of Charles I. They would have formed the opin ion that there must be some mistake... |
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By Rick Steves
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You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in England.
In this guide, you’ll find a mix of splendid cities, ever so quaint villages, historic ports, and seaside resorts. Visit the manors, museums, cathedrals, and castles that preserve England’s history. Explore the scenic bays of Cornwall, hike the wild moors of Dartmoor, and discover why the Lake District is Londoners’ favorite playground. Travel back in time at Stonehenge, tour the remnants of the Roman Empire along Hadrian’s Wall, and see the ancient baths in the city of Bath. After a bustling day of sightseeing, relax at a neighborhood pub, sharing a chat and a pint with a friendly local.
Rick’s candid, humorous advice will guide you to good-value hotels and restaurants. You’ll learn how to get around England by train, bus, or car, and discover which sights are worth your time and money. More than just reviews and directions, a Rick Steves guidebook is a tour guide in your pocket. |
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By Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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Publisher: John Lane company Publication date: 1916 Subjects: Irish question World War, 1914-1918 Great Britain Germany European War, 1914-1918 History / Europe / Great Britain Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. |
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By Robert Bucholz
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The second edition of this bestselling narrative history has been revised and expanded to reflect recent scholarship. The book traces the transformation of England during the Tudor-Stuart period, from feudal European state to a constitutional monarchy and the wealthiest and most powerful nation on Earth. - Written by two leading scholars and experienced teachers of the subject, assuming no prior knowledge of British history
- Provides student aids such as maps, illustrations, genealogies, and glossary
- This edition reflects recent scholarship on Henry VIII and the Civil War
- Extends coverage of the Reformations, the Rump and Barebone's Parliament, Cromwellian settlement of Ireland, and the European, Scottish, and Irish contexts of the Restoration and Revolution of 1688-9
- Includes a new section on women’s roles and the historiography of women and gender
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Publisher: G. P. Putnam Publication date: 1905 Subjects: Great Britain History / Europe / Great Britain Travel / Europe / General Travel / Europe / Great Britain Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. |
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By Brock Clarke
Algonquin Books
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A lot of remarkable things have happened in the life of Sam Pulsifer, the hapless hero of this incendiary novel, beginning with the ten years he spent in prison for accidentally burning down Emily Dickinson's house and unwittingly killing two people. emerging at age twenty-eight, he creates a new life and identity as a husband and father. But when the homes of other famous New England writers suddenly go up in smoke, he must prove his innocence by uncovering the identity of this literary-minded arsonist.
In the league of such contemporary classics as A Confederacy of Dunces and The World According to Garp, An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England is an utterly original story about truth and honesty, life and the imagination. |
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By Stephen L. Carter
Vintage
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Lemaster Carlyle, the president of the country's most prestigious university, and his wife, Julie, the divinity school's deputy dean, are America's most prominent and powerful African American couple. Driving home through a swirling blizzard late one night, the couple skids off the road. Near the sight of their accident they discover a dead body. To her horror, Julia recognizes the body as a prominent academic and one of her former lovers. In the wake of the death, the icy veneer of their town Elm Harbor, a place Julie calls "the heart of whiteness," begins to crack, having devastating consequences for a prominent local family and sending shock waves all the way to the White House. |
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