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LEADER: 02349cam a2200325 i 4500
001 2014048390
003 DLC
005 20151217075321.0
008 150330s2015 nyuabf 000 0 eng
010 $a 2014048390
020 $a9781101874769 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $ae-uk-en
050 00 $aDA30$b.T656 2015
082 00 $a942$223
084 $aHIS015000$aHIS054000$aHIS052000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aTombs, Robert,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe English and their history /$cby Robert Tombs.
264 1 $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2015.
300 $ax, 1024 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $a"This is a Borzoi Book."
520 $a"The English and Their History presents the momentous story of England "first as an idea, and then as a kingdom, as a country, a people and a culture." Here, in a single volume, is a fresh and comprehensive account of the English and their history. With extraordinary insight, Robert Tombs examines language, literature, law, religion, politics, and more while investigating the sources of England's collective memory and belief. The English and Their History spans 700,000 years, from the island's very first inhabitants to the present day, stopping along the way to recount the tales of conquerors, kings, and queens; a nation's myths and legends, facts and extraordinary truths. No history of England has come close to matching the scale and scope of this historical masterwork--with an eye for detail to rival his ambition, Tombs has managed to cover every significant happening and development over hundreds of thousands of years while accessibly explaining how they connect. But The English and Their History is more a work of narrative nonfiction than one of reference or record, expertly guiding the reader from footprints in the mud of early Homo sapiens through Shakespeare, Reformation, revolution, and industrialization in a narrative stretching all the way to the present"--$cProvided by publisher.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xHistory.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Europe / Great Britain.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Social History.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Historical Geography.$2bisacsh