Showing England: the Autobiography by John Lewis-Stempel

Paperback. Pub Date: 07 May 2006 Pages: 480 Publisher: Penguin Fountainhead of DEMOCRACY. Engine of the Industrial Revolution the EPICENTRE were of the globe's Greatest empire and the Ditch of the first-stand against an expansionist Germany in two world wars: England's history is among the most fascinating and influential the world has ever known. This volume presents that history in unique form: first-hand. through the words of those who saw it and those who made it. All the great events of the last 2.000 years are here : the Norman Conquest. Magna Carta. the Peasants' Revolt. Henry VIII's eak with Rome. the Great Fire of London. Nelson at Trafalgar. two world wars. Alongside these are the less obvious happenings which together capture the nation's social history. such as the Black Death of 1349 or life as a chimney sweep in 1817. And of couse there are the things that have...