Megan Hyler từ Wiesemscheid, Germany

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11/22/2024

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2019-10-03 17:31

Hội Họa Nhập Môn - Bé Học Vẽ: Đồ Dùng Sinh Hoạt Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

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I had tried in the past to read this first volume of Churchill's A HIstory Of The English-Speaking Peoples, but I was only able to get about two thirds of the way through on my first attempt. After seeing the Churchill War Rooms in London a few months ago and imagining the Prime Minister escaping from his war responsibilities into Merrie Olde England, I was inspired to give it another try. The Birth Of Britain, as I said, is the first of four volumes in Churchill's definitive history of England and America (but mostly England). It begins by giving the reader the lay of the land, literally - describing the islands that would someday become Britain and the fierce pagan tribes that lived there. The story progresses through Britannia's time as a Roman colony, the Saxon rule, the Norman invasion, the long line of ferocious and/or feeble-minded Plantagenet kings and then the Wars between the Red Rose of Lancaster and the White Rose of York. (Interesting tidbit - York, the actual city, was a Lancastrian stronghold.) The story ends with the marriage between Elizabeth of York and Henry Tudor and the inception of the Tudor dynasty. I enjoy reading history and I am absolutely looking forward to the next installment. It certainly helps that I was recently in England and Scotland, so I shuddered a little more at the thought of the little princes, Edward V and his little brother, locked up in the Tower, and it was easy for me to visualize the Roman legions walking down their famous roads after seeing the York Castle Museum. But you don't have to have traveled in England to learn from and enjoy Churchill's history. He fills in the gaps between the well-known periods and personalities and explains in detail how various events contributed to British society today. He also has a gift for the turn of a phrase - for example, characterizing Warwick the King-maker's having both Edward IV and Henry VI, the two quarreling kings, as hostages at the same time as "a remarkable achievement for any subject." Churchill's history is never dry!

Người đọc Megan Hyler từ Wiesemscheid, Germany

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.