Author: VANSITTART, PETER
Title: In Memory of England - a Novelist's View of History
Description: London, John Murray. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0719557437). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. vi + 298 pages. Loosely included is the Telegraph's obituary of the author (1920-2008). A brilliant historical novelist, anthologist and memoirist, Peter Vansittart can be looked to for a portrait of his country like no other. It starts in a land as much mythical as real, the Albion of Jack the Giant Killer, Arthur and Merlin, the Green Knight, 'stalking the edges of history'. This poetic or ideal England remains present at one level throughout his account of the more conventional heroes and villains, oppressions and advances in this island. 23. Fine/Near Fine.

Keywords: English History, Pelagius, William of Occam, Shakespeare 0719557437


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