A Short History Of The English People
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Worn
Pages: Good
Few works have so profoundly shaped the popular understanding of England's past as John Richard Green's landmark narrative, first published in 1874 to immediate and thunderous acclaim. Unlike the military and political histories that dominated his era, Green's masterwork boldly recentred the story of England upon its people — their manners, laws, language, literature, and social evolution — tracing the nation's character from the Anglo-Saxon settlements through to the Victorian age with remarkable sweep and vividness. This Folio Society edition, edited and introduced by Roger Hudson, presents Green's essential text in a form befitting its enduring stature, making it accessible to a new generation of readers hungry for a history told with humanity at its heart. Green wrote not as a detached academic but as a passionate chronicler, gifted with a prose style of singular clarity and warmth that transformed historical writing in the English-speaking world. His insistence that the true measure of a civilisation lies not in its battles won but in its cultural and social achievements remains as radical and refreshing today as it was in the nineteenth century. Celebrated by contemporaries and admired by later historians alike, A Short History of the English People stands as a cornerstone of popular historiography — and this meticulously prepared Folio edition invites readers to discover why this singular vision of England has never truly gone out of fashion.
Author: John Richard Green
Format: Hardback
Published: 1992, The Folio Society
Genre: British & Irish history
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Worn
Pages: Good
Few works have so profoundly shaped the popular understanding of England's past as John Richard Green's landmark narrative, first published in 1874 to immediate and thunderous acclaim. Unlike the military and political histories that dominated his era, Green's masterwork boldly recentred the story of England upon its people — their manners, laws, language, literature, and social evolution — tracing the nation's character from the Anglo-Saxon settlements through to the Victorian age with remarkable sweep and vividness. This Folio Society edition, edited and introduced by Roger Hudson, presents Green's essential text in a form befitting its enduring stature, making it accessible to a new generation of readers hungry for a history told with humanity at its heart. Green wrote not as a detached academic but as a passionate chronicler, gifted with a prose style of singular clarity and warmth that transformed historical writing in the English-speaking world. His insistence that the true measure of a civilisation lies not in its battles won but in its cultural and social achievements remains as radical and refreshing today as it was in the nineteenth century. Celebrated by contemporaries and admired by later historians alike, A Short History of the English People stands as a cornerstone of popular historiography — and this meticulously prepared Folio edition invites readers to discover why this singular vision of England has never truly gone out of fashion.