Albion

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Books
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30.00
book_author_name: 
Peter Ackroyd
book_type: 
Paperback
publisher: 
Vintage Publishing
published_date: 
05/08/2004
isbn: 
9780099438076
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Books > History > Historical events & topics > Social & cultural history
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Peter Ackroyd|Paperback|Vintage Publishing|05/08/2004
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9780099438076
Book Description: 
Highly original and magnificent in scope, Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination discovers the roots of English cultural history in the Anglo-Saxon period, and traces it through the centuries. What does it mean to be English? This dazzling book demonstrates that a quintessentially English quality can be discovered in all forms of English culture, not only in literature but also in painting, music, architecture, philosophy and science. Just as London: The Biography guided the reader through the capital city with a mixture of narrative and theme, so Albion, employing the same techniques, engages the reader with stories and surprises - From Beowulf to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, via Chaucer and Shakespeare, to the Bronte sisters, Alice through the Looking Glass and Lord of the RingsWitty, provocative and anecdotal, this is Peter Ackroyd at his most brilliant and exuberant.

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