Wednesday, November 19, 2008
History of the English Speaking People: The Birth Of Britain
Winston Churchill
1956
This is the first of four volumes on the history of England and the British Empire.
Winston is back. Another big, thick, multi-volume series. Really, Churchill assumes the reader has already moved through a full education in British history. It gets a bit tough when he disuccses battles and reigns in detail without really giving a broad explanation of what is going on. I'm not sure if I'm going to read the next three. There are better books out there on the history of Britain if that is what I'm looking for.
I gained a broad and shallow understaning of British political history, and am able to make some observations: particularly, the throne is always contested. Aside from that, I missed a lot. This book is a bit the oppposite of the Will Durant books which are way to heavy on daily life, and much less on political transitions.
Winston Churchill
1956
This is the first of four volumes on the history of England and the British Empire.
Winston is back. Another big, thick, multi-volume series. Really, Churchill assumes the reader has already moved through a full education in British history. It gets a bit tough when he disuccses battles and reigns in detail without really giving a broad explanation of what is going on. I'm not sure if I'm going to read the next three. There are better books out there on the history of Britain if that is what I'm looking for.
I gained a broad and shallow understaning of British political history, and am able to make some observations: particularly, the throne is always contested. Aside from that, I missed a lot. This book is a bit the oppposite of the Will Durant books which are way to heavy on daily life, and much less on political transitions.
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