A History of England - Classic Reprint Author:Charles McLean Andrews PREFACE. The writer who deals with the history of England in the compass of a few hundred pages, and tells the story as it ought to be told, is confronted with many perplexing problems. His subject covers fifteen centuries of time, from the primitive conditions of tribal days to the highly developed and complicated civilization of the twentieth ... more »century. It includes not only the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, but also the Indian Empire and the dominions beyond the seas - dependencies and self-governing colonies. It embraces manifold activities, - political, constitutional, religious, social, and economic, - difficult to weave into a well-proportioned and continuous pattern that will picture correctly the life, character, and progress of the English people. The achievements of this people have been solid and enduring, not dramatic and sensational, and have concerned the more peaceful aspects of human existence - government, legislation, agriculture, industry, commerce
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