A Short History of England
by G. K. Chesterton
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England's rise to prominence on the world stage over the course of thousands of years is a tumultuous tale that includes equal parts triumph and tragedy. This volume grants readers a first-row seat as the drama unfolds, told with inimitable elegance, insight, and wit by world-renowned British thinker and writer G.K. Chesterton..
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A book meant not to teach the reader hard facts about English history, but to tell him how Chesterton interprets these facts (which he presumes the reader already knows). Quite readable, and typically for GKC as interested in common people as in those in power. The weak point is his adulatory approach to the medieval church; his perception of guilds as predecessors of socialist trade unions, rather than of capitalist cartels, is somewhat lacking in credibility as well.
La mayoría de los libros de historia se escriben para corregir otros libros de historia. La breve historia de Inglaterra no es una excepción. Concéntrico a fuerza de excentricidad, irónico por convencido, paradójico por aparentemente extemporáneo, Chesterton quiso escribir una historia popular en la que lo fundamental radicara no tanto en los acontecimientos en sí como en la importancia que estos hubieran tenido.
Nov 19, 2010Spanish
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Dec 7, 2020Catalan
Chesterton quiso escribir una historia popular en la que lo fundametal radicara no tanto en los acontecimientos en sí comoen la importancia que éstos hubierán tenido.
Apr 1, 2016Spanish
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England, in 1874. He began his education at St Paul's School, and later went on to study art at the Slade School, and literature at University College in London. Chesterton wrote a great deal of poetry, as well as works of social and literary criticism. Among his most notable books are The Man Who Was show more Thursday, a metaphysical thriller, and The Everlasting Man, a history of humankind's spiritual progress. After Chesterton converted to Catholicism in 1922, he wrote mainly on religious topics. Chesterton is most known for creating the famous priest-detective character Father Brown, who first appeared in "The Innocence of Father Brown." Chesterton died in 1936 at the age of 62. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- A Short History of England
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- 1917
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- England, UK
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