English History Made Brief, Irreverent, and Pleasurable

by Lacey Baldwin Smith

Book Overview

Here at last is a history of England that is designed to entertain as well as inform and that will delight the armchair traveler, the tourist or just about anyone interested in history. No people have engendered quite so much acclaim or earned so much censure as the English: extolled as the Athenians of modern times, yet hammered for their self-satisfaction and hypocrisy. But their history has been a spectacular one. The guiding principle of this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897335473
• ISBN13: 9780897335478
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"