The Pageant of British History Classic Reprint

Sir James Edward Parrott

ISBN 10: 1330280377 / ISBN 13: 9781330280379

Editore: Forgotten Books, 2018

New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Codice articolo LW-9781330280379

Riassunto:

Excerpt from The Pageant of British History

T be Master of tbe Pageant spurs into tbe arena; be wanes bis baton, and tbe f trumpets sound. [n tbe distance you see a long frocession begin to wind its way across tbe greensward, and as it draws nearer and nearer you recognize tbe form and fasbion of men and women wbose names are writ large in tbe annals of our land. Here tbey come - bing and queen, statesman and priest, warrior and mercbant, poet and man of law, sbifiman and craftsman, yeoman and peasant - a motley tbrong, all sorts and conditions of men and women, bn and low, rieb and poor, gentle and simple, noble and base, bero and craven; yet eacb in bis or ber several degree a maber of bistory. T bese are tbe counterfeit presentments of tbe men and women wbo tbrougb twice a tbousand years bane made us wbat we are, and our glorious land wbat it is.

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Dati bibliografici

Titolo: The Pageant of British History Classic ...
Casa editrice: Forgotten Books
Data di pubblicazione: 2018
Legatura: PAP
Condizione: New