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A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND: VOLUME 2
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Volume: |
Volume 2 |
By: |
Charles Dickens |
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Paperback |
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ISBN 10: |
1108076785 |
ISBN 13: |
9781108076784 |
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Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
Pub. date: |
5 May, 2014 |
Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Education |
Pages: |
228 |
Description: |
This popular three-volume work, originally serialised in Household Words between 1851 and 1853, reflects the great novelist's political outlook. |
Synopsis: |
This three-volume history of England from before the Roman conquest through to the Glorious Revolution of 1688 was originally serialised in Charles Dickens' magazine Household Words between 1851 and 1853. The text was published in book form in the same period, although each volume was post-dated to the following year. Dickens dedicated the work to his own children, intending it to be a stepping stone to more substantial histories. The volumes were popular with readers for decades, and were used in British schools well into the twentieth century. Dickens employs his signature style to bring events and personalities to life, making use of vivid similes, unabashedly partisan language and direct speech, as well as the occasional moral lesson. Volume 2 covers the period from the reign of Henry III through to the death in 1485 of the 'usurper and murderer' Richard III. |
Illustrations: |
1 b/w illus. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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