Foundation

the history of England from its earliest beginnings to the Tudors

Foundation

the history of England from its earliest beginnings to the Tudors
Peter Ackroyd
Book - 2012

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, Henry VII.

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37413314414766 Available Non-fiction 942 ACKROYD
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ackroyd, Peter, 1949-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2012.
Edition:1st U.S. ed.
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505 0 |a 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. 
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