A Child's History of England: Volume 2

This popular three-volume work, originally serialised in Household Words between 1851 and 1853, reflects the great novelist's political outlook.

Charles Dickens (Author)

9781108076784, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 19 March 2015

228 pages, 1 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 1.3 cm, 0.3 kg

This three-volume history of England from before the Roman conquest through to the Glorious Revolution of 1688 was originally serialised in Charles Dickens' magazine Household Words between 1851 and 1853. The text was published in book form in the same period, although each volume was post-dated to the following year. Dickens dedicated the work to his own children, intending it to be a stepping stone to more substantial histories. The volumes were popular with readers for decades, and were used in British schools well into the twentieth century. Dickens employs his signature style to bring events and personalities to life, making use of vivid similes, unabashedly partisan language and direct speech, as well as the occasional moral lesson. Volume 2 covers the period from the reign of Henry III through to the death in 1485 of the 'usurper and murderer' Richard III.

15. England under Henry the Third
16. England under Edward the First, called Longshanks
17. England under Edward the Second
18. England under Edward the Third
19. England under Richard the Second
20. England under Henry the Fourth, called Bolingbroke
21. England under Henry the Fifth
22. England under Henry the Sixth
23. England under Edward the Fourth
24. England under Edward the Fifth
25. England under Richard the Third.

Subject Areas: Philosophy & theory of education [JNA]