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The English monarchy was restored when Charles II of England (above) became king in 1660.. Restoration literature is the English literature written during the historical period commonly referred to as the English Restoration (1660–1688), which corresponds to the last years of Stuart reign in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.
Restoration is a novel by Rose Tremain, published in 1989. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1989 [ 1 ] and was the Sunday Express Book of the Year . It was made into a film in 1995.
A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (also known as The Sovereignty and Goodness of God) is a 1682 memoir written by Mary (White) Rowlandson, a married English colonist and mother who was captured in 1675 in an attack by Native Americans during King Philip's War. She was held by them for ransom for 11 weeks and 5 ...
In 1640 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Stephen Daye produced the first book printed in British North America, the Bay Psalm Book. [4] The American Library Association formed in 1876, and the Bibliographical Society of America in 1904. The national Center for the Book began in 1977.
Among the other books by Kozol are Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America, which received the Robert F. Kennedy Book award for 1989 and the Conscience-in-Media Award of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools, which won the New England Book Award and was a finalist ...
1776 (released in the United Kingdom as 1776: America and Britain at War) [1] is a book written by David McCullough, published by Simon & Schuster on May 24, 2005. The work is a companion to McCullough's earlier biography of John Adams , and focuses on the events surrounding the start of the American Revolutionary War .
America is a young adult novel written by E. R. Frank.It tells the story of America, a biracial boy.. The author of the book, E.R. Frank, is herself a social worker.In an author's note at the end of the book, she says she has worked with many Americas over the years.
The first religious services held in colonial America were Anglican services held in Jamestown, Virginia, according to the Book of Common Prayer. The practice of the religion of the Church of England in Jamestown predates that of the Pilgrim settlers who came on the Mayflower in 1620 and whose separatist faith motivated their move from Europe.