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First edition thus, handsomely bound, of this illustrated abridgement of the History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Churchill's history of Britain, the British Empire, and the United States, first published in four volumes from 1956 to 1958. The British and European view of our internal hostility for the time during the reign of Queen Victoria was in fact refreshing and unbiased. The Revolution of 1688 and later a war with Spain had forced a different focus upon Britain an ocean away. Clement Atlee - who replaced Churchill as premier in 1945 and who Churchill would in turn defeat in 1951 - concisely jabbed with the comment that the work might have been titled "Things in History Which Interested Me. Worn and torn dust jacket has tape repairs to the reverse, foxing and is now in a protective sleeve, foxing to the page edges, owner's and gift inscriptions.There were publisher presentation sets of the first edition, so noted on the copyright pages, but such sets were not specially bound.

Founded by bankers who had financed the Clinchfield Railway and the Kingsport town site, Kingsport Press became "an integral component in fulfilling the interlocking concept of industry upon which Kingsport s founders created the planned industrial community" and "served as a catalyst for the development and expansion of related industries such as Mead Paper Company.Later critics were less kind, mostly centering on the charge that the work was not really history in the objective, academic sense. Feudal system - A political and economic system of Europe from the 9th to about the 15th century, based on the holding of all land in fief or fee and the resulting relation of lord to vassal and characterized by homage, legal and military service of tenants, and forfeiture. The endpapers are marbled, all edges are gilded, the spines elaborately gilt-tooled, lettered and dated in six compartments with raised bands.

After the war ended in 1945, Churchill was busy, first writing his history of that conflict and then as Prime Minister again between 1951 and 1955, so it was not until the mid-1950s, when Churchill was in his early eighties, that he was able to finish his work . It is a good exercise in eye-opening to let folks see how one of the most influential Englishmen of his day saw the world. He worked for Winston Churchill on the staff of The British Gazette during the General Strike of 1926, and was a shipowner, whose vessels served in Allied operations throughout World War II as hospital, supply and troop ships. This begins an awakening of working class peoples to see the value to what they brought (and continue to bring in the modern age to a different sort of degree.My average read is one to two days, three max but there are a few reasons for taking so long on this great book. Handsomely bound in half red morocco, spines with gilt-ruled raised bands, gilt lettering, decorated with lions rampant gilt, top edges gilt. Handsomely bound in red half oasis morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and further gilt 'lion rampant' decoration to the spines, and matching cloth over boards. His accounting of my favorite battle “Agincourt” with King Henry V was wonderful read for me personally. The jackets show only incidental soiling and light wear to extremities All four jackets are fitted with clear, removable, archival covers.

They both had their good points; but, Disraeli was the more preferred between the two when it came to Queen Victoria. When I came across words that meant nothing to me, not in my vocabulary, I had to stop, and then look up on my Kindle or computer. The work traces a sweeping historical arc from Roman Britain through the end of the Nineteenth Century.In 3 years-time the work was finished when the supervisory committee then reviewed the final draft version – 12 persons on this committee completed the task within 9 months-time.