Description
An extraordinary book . . . Peter Ackroyd is arguably the most talented and prolific writer working in Britain today. --Daily Express (UK)
In Foundation, acclaimed historian Peter Ackroyd tells the epic story of England itself. He takes us from the primeval forests of England's prehistory to the death, in 1509, of the first Tudor king, Henry VII. He guides us from the building of Stonehenge to the founding of the two great glories of medieval England: common law and the cathedrals. He describes the successive waves of invaders who made England English, despite being themselves Roman, Viking, Saxon, or Norman French. With his extraordinary skill for evoking time and place and his acute eye for the telling detail, Ackroyd recounts the story of warring kings, of civil strife, and foreign wars. But he also gives us a vivid sense of how England's early people lived: the homes they built, the clothes they wore, the food they ate, even the jokes they told. All are brought to life in this history of England through the narrative mastery of one of Britain's finest writers.Author: Peter Ackroyd
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 09/10/2013
Pages: 496
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.52w x 1.34d
ISBN13: 9781250037558
ISBN10: 1250037557
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | Great Britain | Norman Conquest to Late Medieval (1
- History | Europe | Great Britain | Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603)
- History | Social History
About the Author
PETER ACKROYD is an award-winning novelist, as well as a broadcaster, biographer, poet, and historian. He is the author of the acclaimed Thames: Sacred River and London: The Biography. He holds a CBE for services to literature and lives in London.