England: A Short Account of Its Life and Culture

ix, [3], 410 pp. Black-and-white plates, including photographic and engraved reproductions. Endpapers illustrated with a map of England. CONTENTS: Preface; The English and Their Land; Norman and Angevin; The Heart of the Middle Ages; National England; Old Age and Youth; The Birth of Modern England; Confused Interlude; Trials and Triumphs; King or Parliament?; From Despotism to Liberty; French Wars and City Wits; The Age of Johnson; Romance, Reaction, and Reform; The Victorians: Enlightenment; The Victorians and Edwardians: Empire and Ease; Democracy and Nationalism; List of Books; Index.