A History of the English People, Paul Johnson
A History of the English People, Paul Johnson
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A History of the English People

Author: Paul Johnson

Narrator: Wanda McCaddon

Unabridged: 19 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 12/27/2010

Categories: Nonfiction, History

Synopsis

This is a provocative and panoramic survey of 2,000 years of English history. Johnson tells the story of how a small nation, living in a geographical backwater, developed unique economic and political institutions, expanded its territory, and saddled upon it the frame of a modern industrial society.

About Paul Johnson

Paul Johnson is a historian whose work ranges over the millennia and the whole gamut of human activities. He regularly writes book reviews for several UK magazines and newspapers, such as the Literary Review and the Spectator, and he lectures around the world. He lives in London.

About Wanda McCaddon

Wanda McCaddon (d. 2023) narrated well over six hundred titles for major audiobook publishers, sometimes with the pseudonym Nadia May or Donada Peters. She earned the prestigious Audio Award for best narration and numerous Earphones Awards. She was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nicholas on August 12, 2019

An illuminating broad look at the history of the English, filled with unique analysis that has changed the way I think about English and world history. Rather than a blow-by-blow timeline of English history, treat this like a massive thesis, analysing the spirit of the English people, what makes the......more

Goodreads review by Maynard on November 17, 2016

Somewhere during the 1970s Paul Johnson changed from thoughtful journalist to troglodyte reactionary. Fortunately this book was written before the change. If you've read any of his other stuff, like Modern Times, or A History of the American People and hated them, be aware that this is a very differ......more

Goodreads review by Michal on September 04, 2018

"Je pozoruhodné, jak málo stop zanechala na anglickém národu stoletá zkušenost s nabytím a ztrátou impéria. Možná na dvě desetiletí propadli Angličané kouzlu svého imperialistického poslání. Během búrských válek však tato nálada opadla a v roce 1918 se zcela vytratila. Mezi dvěma světovými válkami v......more

Quotes

“Beautifully constructed…An idiosyncratic viewpoint has enabled Mr. Johnson to extract a great deal of new information to add to the conventional account of English, or British, history.” Times Literary Supplement

“He is abreast of modern scholarship, and a reader with some command of English history will find Johnson’s iconoclasm stimulating and challenging. His coverage of the last 200 years deserves to be labeled brilliant historical journalism.” Library Journal

“This is a John Bull of a book, the sort of book that Cobbett might have written…Splendid stuff.” Observer

“An excellent book that will stir up a great many people, and so it should. New Statesman

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