Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors Classics_Gift_Guide A woman of quiet passion

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Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors Classics_Gift_Guide A woman of quiet passion"An extraordinary book . . . Peter Ackroyd is arguably the most talented and prolific writer working in Britain today." Daily Express (UK) In Foundation, acclaimed historian Peter Ackroyd tells the epic story of England itself. He takes us from the primeval forests of England's prehistory to the death, in 1509, of the first Tudor king, Henry VII. He guides us from the building of Stonehenge to the founding of the two great glories of medieval England: