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History - British Genre
Books in the History - British genre:
The Story of Peace and War (1952)
A history of war and peace for young readers.
Author(s):
Thomas Franklin Galt
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Prince and the Pauper (1954)
Edward Prince of Wales trades places with poor Tom Canty for a lark but finds it almost more than he can manage to trade back again.
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Queen Elizabeth and the Spanish Armada (1954)
A book that looks closely at the war between England and Spain around 1529.
Read online at archive.org
Author(s):
Frances Winwar
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
Going to the Wars (1955)
Author(s):
John Verney
Illustrator(s):
John Verney
The Golden History of the World: A Child’s Introduction to Ancient and Modern Times (1955)
A brief illustrated world history.
Author(s):
Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
The Civil War 1640-1660 (1956)
A short history of the English Civil War for young readers.
Author(s):
Emmeline Garnett
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
J. C. B. Knight
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq (1956)
Orphaned Henry Esmond is brought up by his Jacobite relations, the Castlewoods.
Author(s):
William Makepeace Thackeray
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Magna Charta (1956)
The story of how the English barons brought King John to sign a charter of rights at Runnymede.
Author(s):
James Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Queen Anne and Her Times: 1700-1720 (1956)
A short history of this British queen for younger readers.
Author(s):
Emmeline Garnett
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
A Stickful of Nonpareil (1956)
A keepsake from Cambridge University Press, intended to give an idea of turn-of-the-twentieth-century printing.
Author(s):
George Scurfield
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Tudors: 1540-1560 (1956)
A short history for elementary schools.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Emmeline Garnett
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
From the Fury of the Northmen (1957)
A series of short stories based on events in English history.
Author(s):
Rhoda Power
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Junior Classics Volume 8: Stories from History (1957)
Stories, tales and poems, ancient and modern for boys and girls from six to sixteen.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Et al
The Naval War of 1812 (1957)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Rafael Palacios
Various
Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies (1958)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Dwight Shepler
Bull and Brass (1958)
Dust jacket by Ardizzone. A tale of five years at the War Office - after the war.
Author(s):
John Foley
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Best in Children’s Books Volume 27 (1959)
Author(s):
Brothers Grimm
Daniel Defoe
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Grace Paull
Edward Shenton
Et al
The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck (1959)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Samuel Bryant
Author! Author! (1962)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
None
London Since 1912 (1962)
A booklet describing London’s changing scene to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the London Museum.
Author(s):
John Trevor Hayes
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Story of Colet Court: St Paul’s Junior School (1963)
Author(s):
James Bewsher
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
A Blow for Liberty (1965)
Sixteen-year-old Jed Starbuck of Nantucket joins the crew of “The True Patriot” to fight the British at sea during the Revolutionary War.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Victor Mays
King Alfred the Great (1965)
A brief life of the famous English King who let the bannocks burn and got a clout on the ear.
Author(s):
Mary Irene Cathcart Borer
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
London Bridge is Falling Down (1967)
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
The Spanish Armada (1967)
Author(s):
C. Walter Hodges
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
A Dictionary of Chivalry (1968)
Author(s):
Grant Uden
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Vessel of Sadness (1970)
This novel based on an infantryman’s experiences at the Anzio landing in World War II has a dust jacket by Ardizzone.
Author(s):
William Woodruff
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Diary of a War Artist (1974)
As a combat artist in World War II, Ardizzone kept a diary and sketchbook.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Puck of Pook’s Hill (1975)
Having performed Midsummer Night’s Dream three times on midsummer’s eve, Dan and Una are visited by Puck, who leads them on adventures in English history.
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
H. R. Millar
Rewards and Fairies (1975)
Puck returns to take Dan and Una on further magical journeys into the past.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
C. E. Brock
Castle (1977)
A detailed account of the construction of a new castle and town on the Welsh marches.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
David Macaulay
Illustrator(s):
David Macaulay
Mutiny on the Bounty (1978)
Author(s):
James Norman Hall
Charles Bernard Nordhoff
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Sir Francis Drake: His Daring Deeds (1988)
Author(s):
Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s):
Roy Gerrard
Castles (1995)
How a castle is built and how it works.
Author(s):
Philip Steele
Illustrator(s):
Various
The Ballad of the White Horse (2001)
Author(s):
G. K. Chesterton
Illustrator(s):
Robert Austin
Rider in the Sky: How an American Cowboy Built England’s First Airplane (2003)
Author(s):
John Hulls
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
Sea Clocks: The Story of Longitude (2004)
Author(s):
Louise Borden
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
A Blow for Liberty (2006)
Sixteen-year-old Jed Starbuck of Nantucket joins the crew of “The True Patriot” to fight the British at sea during the Revolutionary War.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Victor Mays
Castle: How it Works (2012)
Author(s):
David Macaulay
Illustrator(s):
Sheila Keenan
David Macaulay
Castle (2013)
A detailed explanation of the building of a castle and town on the Welsh marches. This edition is in color.
Author(s):
David Macaulay
Illustrator(s):
David Macaulay