The Land and Literature of England: A Historical Account"Professor Adams seems to have read the whole library and yet. . .retained his pith, vigor, suppleness, and good cheer. In addition, he knows how to tell a story. . . .One of the pleasure. . .lies in [the book's] rich texture of cross-references between history and literature. . . .Exhilarating." --Daniel Albright, New York Review of Books |
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Contents
The Other Island Water Water Everywhere First Evidences | 21 |
Saxon England 6001066 | 24 |
From the Norman Conquest | 49 |
The Fifteenth Century 13991509 | 81 |
Henry VIII and the Reformation 15091557 III | 111 |
Intrigues Conspiracies | 143 |
the Armada The Great Sea Fight Tudor England a Snapshot Irish | 174 |
The Last Years of Elizabeth 15881603 | 176 |
The First Pitt and the Wars of Empire 17481789 | 315 |
Revolution Romanticism Reaction 17891815 | 342 |
Peace Controversy Reform 18151851 | 371 |
High Victorianism 18511887 | 400 |
Victorian Conservatism Edwardian Liberalism | 430 |
Between Two Wars 19191939 | 461 |
World War II and After 1939 | 490 |
Appendix A British Money and Measures of Distance | 511 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Land and Literature of England: A Historical Account Historical Account Norton paperback |
| Author | Robert Martin Adams |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company, 1983 |
| ISBN | 0393303438, 9780393303438 |
| Length | 555 pages |
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