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The Story of England
-Michael Wood-
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What is England and who are the English?
The village of Kibworth in Leicestershire lies at the very centre of England. Its history is a story of departing Romans, Saxon and Viking immigrants, and Norman conquerors; of the Great Famine and the Black Death; of religious and political conflicts, and the Industrial Revolution; of Empire and two world wars. All made their impact on this village, and its people.
Michael Wood tells the extraordinary story of one English community over fifteen centuries - a tale of Anglo-Saxon peasants, medieval reeves, Tudor vicars, Victorian framework-knitters and First World War soldiers.
The story of Kibworth is the story of England itself , adn this is the people's history of the nation. |
| What are we reading in December? |
| Good or bad, recommended or not, here is snapshot of what is currently being read by our staff this month. Some of these titles are new, some old, some not yet published... |
The Street Sweeper
Elliot Perlman
Adult Fiction
Seven Types of Ambiguity
Elliot Perlman
Adult Fiction
Tree of Codes
Jonathan Safran Foer
Adult Fiction
Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes
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