In Memory of England: A Novelist's View of History First edition.

Vansittart, Peter

ISBN 10: 0719557437 / ISBN 13: 9780719557439

Published by John Murray, London, 1998

John Murray, London, 1998. First edition. Book condition: very good. Slight wear only and minor bumping to upper corner of front board. Internally very clean and unmarked. Dust jacket: very good. Unclipped and minor edge wear only. A brilliant historical novelist, anthologist and memoirist, Vansittart can be looke dto for a portrait of his country like no other. Beginning in a land as mythical as real, this poetic England remains present throughout his account of the more conventional heroes and villains, oppressions and advances in this island. Seller Inventory # 1304158

Synopsis:

This is a description of England by the novelist Peter Vansittart, beginning with the mythical land of Albion, of Jack the Giant Killer, Arthur and Merlin. This idealized view of England informs his account of the more conventional heroes and villains, oppressions and advances in this island.;The author discusses English character traits, and progresses to English personalities such as the British theologian Pelagius, William of Occam, Wycliffe, Wolsey and Elizabeth I. After an a panegyric on the Tudor chimney, a portrait of Shakespeare, and an evocation of that lost art, the masque, the book surveys the period of Merrie England, the Imperial Age and England at war.

Book Description: This is a description of England beginning with the mythical land of Albion, of Jack the Giant Killer, Arthur and Merlin. It progresses to English characters such as Wycliffe, Wolsey, Elizabeth I and Shakespeare, and surveys the period of Merrie England, the Imperial Age and England at war.

Bibliographic Details

Title: In Memory of England: A Novelist's View of ...
Publisher: John Murray, London
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Hardback
Condition: Very good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First edition.
Book Type: Book