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New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2012. |
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1st U.S. ed. |
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| ISBN: |
9781250003614 (hardcover) 125000361X (hardcover) |
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| Call number: |
942 ACK |
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| Physical description: |
ix, 486 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm. |
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| Subject: |
Great Britain -- History -- To 1485.
Great Britain -- History -- Henry VII, 1485-1509.
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| Note: |
"First published in Great Britain by Macmillan"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Summary note: |
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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| Contents note: |
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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