A Child's History of England: Volume 3

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

Charles Dickens (Author)

9781108076791, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 19 March 2015

334 pages, 1 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.43 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 3 covers the period from Henry VII through to the fall of James II, with a short chapter on events between 1688 and the accession of Queen Victoria.

26. England under Henry the Seventh
27. England under Henry the Eighth, called Bluff King Hal and Burly King Harry (1)
28. England under Henry the Eighth, called Bluff King Hal and Burly King Harry (2)
29. England under Edward the Sixth
30. England under Mary
31. England under Elizabeth
32. England under James the First
33. England under Charles the First
34. England under Cromwell
35. England under Charles the Second, called the Merry Monarch
36. England under James the Second
37. Conclusion.

Subject Areas: Philosophy & theory of education [JNA]