Books
David Hume

The History of England

This E-Book impressively describes the history of England from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the end of the reign of James the Second.

The History of England (1754–61) is David Hume's great work on the history of England, which he wrote in instalments while he was librarian to the Faculty of Advocates in Edinburgh. It was published in six volumes in 1754, 1756, 1759, and 1761. The first publication of his History was greeted with outrage by all political factions, but it became a best-seller, finally giving him the financial independence he had long sought. Both the British Library and the Cambridge University Library, as well as Hume's own library, still list him as “David Hume, the historian.” Hume's History spanned “from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688” and went through over 100 editions. Many considered it the standard history of England in its day.
895 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2016
Publication year
2016
Publisher
anboco
Have you already read it? How did you like it?
👍👎

Quotes

  • Дмитрий Кувшиновhas quoted7 years ago
    The commons also made a sacrifice to the queen, more difficult to obtain than that of any articles of faith: they voted a subsidy of four shillings in the pound on land, and two shillings and eightpence on movables, together with two fifteenths.

On the bookshelves

fb2epub
Drag & drop your files (not more than 5 at once)