Boys and Girls of History
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- Authors:
- Eileen Power
- Rhoda Power
- Date Published: January 2012
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521236065
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Originally published in 1926, the studies in this book illustrate the lives of English children in different historical periods and social contexts. Reconstructions of daily life are used as a means of avoiding the generalised tone employed in many historical accounts, the aim being to develop the young reader's knowledge through a sense of empathy with the figures being described. These figures are a mixture of fictional and real, but all have the basic function of conveying the atmosphere of their age. Highly readable, and containing a large number of beautiful illustrations, the text was co-authored by the renowned medieval historian Eileen Power, together with her sister Rhoda Power. It will be of value to anyone with an interest in early twentieth-century history books for young readers.
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- Date Published: January 2012
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521236065
- length: 360 pages
- dimensions: 203 x 127 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.39kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Lucius has a holiday
2. Olaf the Dane
3. The making of a Domesday Book
4. The training of a Squire
5. The children's crusade
6. The novice of Sempringham
7. The glover's apprentice
8. A schoolboy of St. Paul's
9. A boy king's working day
10. The childhood of Lady Jane Grey
11. John of the Golden Hind
12. Salathiel Pavy, the boy actor
13. A little Stuart housewife
14. At the court of the great Mogul
15. Cargo comes to Old Virginia
16. Pestilence and fire
17. Miss-Top-Ashish, the little giant
18. A visit to Stourbridge fair
19. George III visits Eton
20. A sheep-shearing at Holkham
21. Little slaves of industry
22. On board the Victory
23. The first railway journey
24. Queen Victoria's childhood
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