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The book inspired the parody 1066 and All That. [4] Prime Minister David Cameron chose Our Island Story when asked to select his favourite childhood book in October 2010: [2] When I was younger, I particularly enjoyed Our Island Story by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall [...] It is written in a way that really captured my imagination and which ...
Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall (usually credited as H. E. Marshall; 9 August 1867 – 19 September 1941) was a Scottish writer, particularly well known for her works of popular national history for children. She is best known for her 1905 work Our Island Story, which was published abroad as An Island Story: A Child's History Of England.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 January 2025. United States writer, political and labor movement activist Frank Marshall Davis Born (1905-12-31) December 31, 1905 Arkansas City, Kansas, U.S. Died July 26, 1987 (1987-07-26) (aged 81) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. Pen name Frank Boganey Occupation Journalist, poet Genre Social realism ...
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The Hut-man's Book: G. D. Fisher: E. V. Shaw: 1950: Living in a hut out in the fields alone with his dog, watching the wild life about him, exploring round about the woods and fields by night as well as by day, in winter as well as in summer – that is what makes this book different from many other story-books of natural history: PS 59
Lydia Davis (born July 15, 1947) is an American short story writer, novelist, essayist, and translator from French and other languages, who often writes very short stories. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Davis has produced several new translations of French literary classics, including Swann's Way by Marcel Proust and Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert .