Kings and Queens of England: Book One (Great Rulers)

Ladybird history books are social history at it's best, from; I would estimate ages 8 to 14 for school use of simply to enjoy. They bring history alive for children, and are filled with fascinating information. As well as bringing alive an animated, exciting past, they also show how events of the past, are with us today, in so many fascinating ways.Written by L Du Garde Peach, with superb illustrations by Frank Hampson which really bring mediaeval England to life, and first published in 1968 by Ladybird, this book should be a treasure for any child interested in history. The reigns of kings and queens in this book cover more than six hundred years, from the accession of Saxon King Alfred to the death of Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth. It would require a large history book to tell in detail, all the things which happened in England during these six hundred years, wars, revolutions, struggles between kings and parliament, treaties and alliances all affected the course of history. More than once England was in danger; more than once English armies occupied large areas in Europe. However, these happenings did not always affect the greatly the lives of the ordinary people of England. Most of them where farmers, living far from such little towns as then existed. Here and there some village lad would come back with stories of the French wars, or some wandering peddler of Friar brought news of far- away happenings. That was all the people living in the wide spaces of the countryside knew of the world beyond. Age after age the countryman was content with the life of his ancestors. Kings and queens came and went, but the ploughing and harvesting went on.It is important to remember these ages at a time when British and European-Judeo-Christian culture is being destroyed by the multi-culturalist neo-Marxist left, and the masses of Islamic and other anti-Western immigrants.