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A Child's History of England, Paperback / softback Book

A Child's History of England Paperback / softback

Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Education series

Paperback / softback

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This three-volume history of England from before the Roman conquest through to the Glorious Revolution of 1688 was originally serialised in Charles Dickens' magazine Household Words between 1851 and 1853.

The text was published in book form in the same period, although each volume was post-dated to the following year.

Dickens dedicated the work to his own children, intending it to be a stepping stone to more substantial histories.

The volumes were popular with readers for decades, and were used in British schools well into the twentieth century.

Dickens employs his signature style to bring events and personalities to life, making use of vivid similes, unabashedly partisan language and direct speech, as well as the occasional moral lesson.

Volume 1 covers the period from the campaigns of Julius Caesar up to the close of the reign of the 'miserable brute' King John.

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