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Genre: Poetry / Non-fiction / History
Goodreads Rating: ★★★★☆ 4.22
Language: English
Page Length: 384
Description:
From Caedmon to Chaucer, Shakespeare to Tennyson, Viking raids to the Miners' Strike Catherine Clarke, Professor at the Institute of Historical Research, uses 25 remarkable poems as portals into 1,300 years of English history. Each poem opens a window onto its own world, carrying the reader onto battlefields, into royal courts, down coal mines, and through plague. This is not merely an anthology, it is history lived from the inside out, told through the voices of the famous and the long forgotten alike.
Perfect For:
• Readers who enjoy the art of History
• Fans of “Wolf Hall” or “The Framed women of Ardemore House”
PUBLISHER:Penguin Books
BINDING: Hardback
PUBLICATION DATE:September 4, 2025
DIMENSIONS:6.38 x 1.38 x 9.53 inches
ISBN:9780241765982
Genre: Poetry / Non-fiction / History
Goodreads Rating: ★★★★☆ 4.22
Language: English
Page Length: 384
Description:
From Caedmon to Chaucer, Shakespeare to Tennyson, Viking raids to the Miners' Strike Catherine Clarke, Professor at the Institute of Historical Research, uses 25 remarkable poems as portals into 1,300 years of English history. Each poem opens a window onto its own world, carrying the reader onto battlefields, into royal courts, down coal mines, and through plague. This is not merely an anthology, it is history lived from the inside out, told through the voices of the famous and the long forgotten alike.
Perfect For:
• Readers who enjoy the art of History
• Fans of “Wolf Hall” or “The Framed women of Ardemore House”
PUBLISHER:Penguin Books
BINDING: Hardback
PUBLICATION DATE:September 4, 2025
DIMENSIONS:6.38 x 1.38 x 9.53 inches
ISBN:9780241765982