Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": book 2, "The Making of the Nation" [of volume 1, "The Birth of Britain"]: various post-war revises., 1954 - 1955
Scope and Contents
Includes galley proofs (some described as "R E's" [returned empties], "P A's", or first, second or third revise) and typed drafts for: provisional chapter lists; chapters entitled "The Norman Invasion", "William the Conqueror", "The Progress of Norman Feudalism" or "Growth amid Turmoil", "Coeur de Lion", "The English Common Law", "Magna Carta", "The Mother of Parliaments", "King Edward I", "Bannockburn (and the Second Edward)", "The Long Bow", "The Social Catastrophe" or "The Black Death", "Henry Plantagenet", and "On the Anvil".With suggested corrections, amendments, notes and correspondence from various people [literary assistants, etc.] including: "D K" [Denis Kelly], WSC, "C C W" [Charles] Wood, "A H" [Alan] Hodge, A R Myers, Austin Poole, and ?[Sir Robert Mortimer Wheeler].
Dates
- Creation: 1954 - 1955
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Extent
5 file(s) (5 files (597 loose folios))
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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