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ISBNs | 978-5-389-07036-3 |
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The weight | 0,532 kg |
Size | 147 × 215 mm |
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The history of England is shrouded for us in a haze of adventure novels and historical films. And this book, which tells about the main milestones in the history of a power that once owned vast territories, survived many upheavals, religious schism, revolutions, two world wars, reads like an exciting novel. Sir Simon Jenkins, F.R.S., journalist and author of acclaimed books on history and architecture, wrote it with love and skill, based on rich documentary material. The historically accurate narrative does not become less fascinating for this. "A Brief History of England" contained a surprising number of turbulent events that predetermined the unique role that this country played in the history of Europe and the whole world. Sir Simon Jenkins, F.R.S., influential publicist, Guardian columnist, was knighted for his services to journalism. Author of the bestselling books England's Top XNUMX Churches and England's Top XNUMX Houses. The characters in this book are kings and politicians, conquerors and saints, aristocrats and commoners. According to the author, the dramatic history of England consists of a series of triumphs and tragedies. The Norman Conquest, the Magna Carta, the Battle of Agincourt, the wives of Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Cromwell, Gladstone, Disraeli, Churchill… Simon Jenkins talks about all this amazingly vividly and dynamically, with love and true English humor. And the past comes to life in the pages of A Brief History of England.