ENGLAND: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY – JOHN LEWIS-STEMPEL

DISCOVER 2,000 YEARS OF ENGLISH HISTORY TOLD BY THOSE WHO LIVED IT – FROM BOUDICCA S REVOLT TO THE ASHES WIN OF 2005. Featuring writing from Julius Caesar, Guy Fawkes, Isaac Newton, Charlotte Bronte, Winston Churchill and Jonny Wilkinson. ______________ Engine of Industrial Revolution, global empire, England s history is one of the most fascinating and influential the world has ever known. England: The Autobiography tells that history first-hand, through the words of those who saw it and those who made it. All the great events of the last 2,000 years are here: the Norman Conquest, Magna Carta, Henry VIII s break with Rome, the Great Fire of London, two world wars. And alongside them are events that capture the nation s social history and those that shaped the nature of Englishness , such as the Black Death, theatregoing in Elizabethan London, the Beatles and the 1966 World Cup. This book is an intimate, vivid and revealing portrait of England and the English – and the unique place of both in world history. ______________ What does it mean to be English? Lewis-Stempel gives us a clue with this superb collection . . . A triumph Saul David