He guides us from the building of Stonehenge to the founding of the two great glories of medieval England: common law and the cathedrals. In Foundation the chronicler of London and of its river, the Thames, takes us from the primeval forests of England's prehistory to the death of the first Tudor king, Henry VII, in 1509.
Peter Ackroyd, whose work has always been underpinned by a profound interest in and understanding of England's history, now tells the epic story of England itself. In this massive best seller in England, one of Britain's most popular and esteemed historians tells the epic story of the birth of the country.
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