A Child's History of England (Peoples Edition)

x, 402 pp. TABLE OF THE REIGNS: The Saxons; The Danes, and the Restored Saxons; The Normans; The Plantagenets; The Tudors; The Stuarts; The Commonwealth; The Stuarts Restores; The Revolution, 1688. "A Child's History of England", which first appeared serially in "Household Words" between January 25, 1851 and December 10, 1853, is a history of England written for school-aged children. The works originally consisted of three volumes that covered the history of England from between 50 BC to 1689, beginning with ancient history and ending with a summarization of the events of the accession of Queen Victoria. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Charles Dickens (1812-1870) has produced some of the most memorable writings in the English language, including such well known works as "A Christmas Carol, Sketches by Boz, A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist, Daivid Copperfield, Great Expectations, and The Pickwick Papers." Dickens is famous for the characters he created and his descriptions. A man of tremendous energy, he spent hours a day walking the London streets from which his characters and scenes came."