History of England From the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth, Volume 9 (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by James Anthony Froude

Overview

Viewing history as a grand drama, Froude emphasized great personalities and disdained the scientific approach in his historical writing. This epic, twelve-volume narrative presents a vivid portrait of a tumultuous era. The ninth volume begins with the mysterious murder of Lord Darnley—husband of Mary, Queen of Scots—in 1567. It ends with the Battle of Gelt Bridge in 1570, when Elizabeth I’s troops were defeated by those of her cousin, Lord Hunsdon.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411453616
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	08/16/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	632
File size:	856 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

James Anthony Froude (1818-1894) was an English historian, biographer, and novelist.  His histories, modeled on those of his friend Thomas Carlyle, were fiercely polemical, as was his own The Nemesis of Faith, which questioned the Anglican church.  His biography of Carlyle, Life of Carlyle (1882-84), proved intensely controversial in focusing on the great man's flaws as well as his virtues.