Illustrated English Social History (Four-Volume Set)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: price clipped djs.
Few works have captured the full sweep of English life with such authority and vivid clarity as G. M. Trevelyan's Illustrated English Social History — a magisterial four-volume set that chronicles the everyday existence of the English people from the age of Chaucer through to the close of the nineteenth century. Moving from the medieval streets of Chaucer's England and the Tudor courts, through the theatrical brilliance of the Shakespearean and Stuart periods, into the coffee-houses and grand estates of the eighteenth century, and finally arriving at the smoky, industrialised world of the Victorian era, this landmark series presents history not as the chronicle of kings and battles, but as the rich, textured story of ordinary and extraordinary men and women alike. Trevelyan, one of Britain's most celebrated and widely-read historians, argues passionately that social history — the history of a people's daily life, culture, and habits — is the indispensable foundation of any true understanding of the past. His prose is elegant yet accessible, combining meticulous scholarship with genuine narrative warmth, and the lavish illustrations that accompany each volume transform the text into a gallery of English civilisation across the centuries. Together, the four volumes stand as one of the twentieth century's definitive achievements in popular historical writing — a treasure for any reader who has ever wondered what it truly meant to be English.
Author: G. M. Trevelyan O.M.
Format: Hardback
Published: 1949, Longmans, Green and Co
Genre: British & Irish history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: price clipped djs.
Few works have captured the full sweep of English life with such authority and vivid clarity as G. M. Trevelyan's Illustrated English Social History — a magisterial four-volume set that chronicles the everyday existence of the English people from the age of Chaucer through to the close of the nineteenth century. Moving from the medieval streets of Chaucer's England and the Tudor courts, through the theatrical brilliance of the Shakespearean and Stuart periods, into the coffee-houses and grand estates of the eighteenth century, and finally arriving at the smoky, industrialised world of the Victorian era, this landmark series presents history not as the chronicle of kings and battles, but as the rich, textured story of ordinary and extraordinary men and women alike. Trevelyan, one of Britain's most celebrated and widely-read historians, argues passionately that social history — the history of a people's daily life, culture, and habits — is the indispensable foundation of any true understanding of the past. His prose is elegant yet accessible, combining meticulous scholarship with genuine narrative warmth, and the lavish illustrations that accompany each volume transform the text into a gallery of English civilisation across the centuries. Together, the four volumes stand as one of the twentieth century's definitive achievements in popular historical writing — a treasure for any reader who has ever wondered what it truly meant to be English.