Foundation by Peter Ackroyd

486 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced

Description

Having written enthralling biographies of London and of its great river, the Thames, Peter Ackroyd now turns to England itself. This first volume of six takes us from the time that England was first settled, more than 15,000 years ago, to the deat...

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informative 95%
reflective 27%
challenging 18%
adventurous 4%
hopeful 4%

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medium 35%

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