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A Child's History of England

Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

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1. 01 – Ancient England and the Romans
2. 02 – Ancient England Under the Early Saxons
3. 03 – England Under the Good Saxon, Alfred
4. 04 – England Under Athelstan and the Six Boy-Kings
5. 05 – England Under Canute the Dane
6. 06 – England Under Harold Harefoot, Hardicanute, and Edward the Confessor
7. 07 – England Under Harold the Second, and Conquered by the Normans
8. 08 – England Under William the First, the Norman Conqueror
9. 09 – England Under William the Second, Called Rufus
10. 10 – England Under Henry the First, Called Fine-Scholar
11. 11 – England Under Matilda and Stephen
12. 12 – England Under Henry II
13. 13 – England Under Richard The First, Called The Lion-Heart
14. 14 – England Under King John, Called Lackland
15. 15 – England Under Henry The Third, called , of Winchester
16. 16 – England Under Edward the First, Called Longshanks
17. 17 – England Under Edward the Second
18. 18 – England Under Edward the Third
19. 19 – England Under Richard the Second
20. 20 – England Under Henry the Fourth, Called Bolingbroke
21. 21 – England under Henry the Fifth
22. 22 – England under Henry the Sixth
23. 23 – England under Edward the Fourth
24. 24 – England Under Edward the Fifth
25. 25 – England Under Richard the Third
26. 26 – [England Under Henry the Seventh]
27. 27 – England Under Henry the Eighth, Called Bluff King Hal
28. 28 – England Under Henry the Eighth
29. 29 – England Under Edward the Sixth
30. 30 – England Under Mary
31. 31 – England Under Elizabeth
32. 32 – England Under James I
33. 33 – England Under Charles the First
34. 34 – England Under Oliver Cromwell
35. 35 – England Under Charles the Second, Called the Merry Monarch
36. 36 – England Under James the Second
37. 37 – Epilogue

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A Child’s History of England first appeared in serial form, running from January 25, 1851 to December 10, 1853 and was first published in three volume book form in 1852, 1853, and 1854. Dickens dedicated the book to “My own dear children, whom I hope it may help, bye and bye, to read with interest larger and better books on the same subject”. The history covered the period between 50 BC and 1689, ending with a chapter summarising events from then until the ascension of Queen Victoria.

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- I wish

I can't take the sing-song approach to reading. Some readers seem to think it's more elegant to randomly strike a high note at the end of each sentence, no matter what.

mathis

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- a child history of england

Tthis is a good book.

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