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by Peter Ackroyd

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A massive bestseller in England, this title by one of Britain's most popular and esteemed historians tells the epic story of the birth of the country in the first in an extraordinary six-volume history.

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"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.

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  • Title Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors
  • Author Peter Ackroyd
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 496
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher St. Martin's Griffin, New York
  • Publication date 2013-09-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781250037558 / 1250037557
  • Weight 1.02 lbs (0.46 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.25 x 5.52 x 1.34 in (20.96 x 14.02 x 3.40 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 15th Century
    • Chronological Period: 16th Century
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
    • Chronological Period: Prehistoric
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Cultural Region: Western Europe
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress subjects History, Great Britain
  • Dewey Decimal Code 942

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.
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