Brief history of England. Jenkins S.

The history of England is shrouded in the haze of adventure novels and historical films for us. And this book, telling about the main milestones in the history of the power, once owned vast territories, surviving many shocks, religious schism, revolution, two world wars, read as an exciting novel. Sir Simon Jenkins, a member of the Royal Literary Society, a journalist and author of sensational books on history and architecture, wrote it with love and knowledge of the matter, based on rich documentary material. The historically accurate narrative did not have fascinating from this. The “Brief History of England” contained surprisingly many violent events that predetermined the unique role that this country played in the history of Europe and the whole world. Sir Simon Jenkins, a member of the Royal Literary Society, an influential publicist, columnist Guardian, was elevated to knightly dignity for merits before journalism. The author of the bestsellers “Thousand Best Churches of England” and “Thousand Best Houses of England”. The characters of this book are kings and politicians, conquerors and saints, aristocrats and commoners. According to the author, the dramatic story of England consists of a series of triumphs and tragedies. The Norman conquest, the Great Charter of the Frequencies, the battle of Azenkur, the wife of Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Cromwell, Gladston, Dizraeli, Churchill... About all this, Simon Jenkins tells surprisingly brightly and dynamically, with love and truly English humor. And the past comes to life on the pages of the "Brief History of England."