A Short History of England (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9791041945290)

" It will be very reasonably asked why I should consent, though upon a sort of challenge, to write even a popular essay in English history, who make no pretence to particular scholarship and am merely a member of the public. The answer is that I know just enough to know one thing: that a history from the standpoint of a member of the public has not been written. What we call the popular histories should rather be called the anti-popular histories. They areall, nearly without exception, written against the people; and in them the populace is either ignored or elaborately proved to have been wrong...."

Author: G. K. Chesterton
ISBN-10: 1041945299
ISBN-13: 9791041945290
Publisher: Culturea
Language: English
Published: 02/22/2023
Pages: 118
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.28d