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History - British Genre
Books in the History - British genre:
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