Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall (1867-1941) was famous for her 1905 children's history of England, "Our Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls". The book was a bestseller, was printed in numerous editions, and for fifty years was the standard and much-loved book by which children learned the history of England. The book is still to be found in schools and homes, but the last printing was in 1953 and it went out of print in the 1960s. In 2005, an alliance of the Civitas think-tank and various national newspapers brought the book back into print, with the aim of sending a free copy to each of the UK's primary schools. Readers of The Daily Telegraph contributed £25,000 to the cost of the reprint.
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Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall (aka H.E. Marshall, 9 August 1867 - 19 September 1941) was a British author, particularly well known for her works of popular national history for children.
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Although less expensive, this version (published by W L C) does not include any of the images and some of the accompanying text included in the version published by Yesterday's Classics. In addition, the text is larger in the Yesterday's Classics version. I thought it worth spending essentially double to purchase the more complete edition so I returned this book.
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I've been using this for homeschool. My kids keep asking me if it's about 'real people' because it's so interesting. Two page chapters? Fantastic!
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