The Story of England (History Arts Ebook).pdf

Phaidon | 1992 | Eng | Pdf | ISBN10 0714826529 | 224 pages | 47.4 MB

The Story of England is the ideal introduction to English history for all readers. Concise, informative, highly readable and beautifully illustrated, it presents in a flowing narrative the broad outline of England's political, economic and cultural history from Neolithic times to the 1990s.
Christopher Hibbert is a master storyteller. With vivid character sketches, telling details and well-chosen anecdotes, he brings people and events to life as the story unfolds. He also has the rare ability to summarize without oversimplifying, so that the main outline is always clear and easy to grasp. The illustrations vividly complement the text with a rich variety of images that further bring the story to life.