Foundation : the history of England from its earliest beginnings to the Tudors /
Ackroyd, Peter, 1949-
Foundation : the history of England from its earliest beginnings to the Tudors / Peter Ackroyd. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2012. - ix, 486 p., [24] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
"First published in Great Britain by Macmillan"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 king of suspicions -- A conclusion.
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.
125000361X (hardcover) 1250013674 (e-book) 9781250003614 (hardcover) 9781250013675 (e-book)
2012028305
Great Britain--History--Henry VII, 1485-1509.
Great Britain--History--To 1485.
Foundation : the history of England from its earliest beginnings to the Tudors / Peter Ackroyd. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2012. - ix, 486 p., [24] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
"First published in Great Britain by Macmillan"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 king of suspicions -- A conclusion.
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.
125000361X (hardcover) 1250013674 (e-book) 9781250003614 (hardcover) 9781250013675 (e-book)
2012028305
Great Britain--History--Henry VII, 1485-1509.
Great Britain--History--To 1485.