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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
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
A Safe Lodging (1957)
Ann Mawser lives through the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Mary K. Harris
Illustrator(s):
Don Bolognese
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
Hornblower in the West Indies (1958)
Hornblower has been promoted to Rear Admiral and has been named in command of the West Indies station, i.e. the Caribbean, with a squadron consisting of three frigates and fourteen brigs and schooners.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Dwight Shepler
Best in Children’s Books Volume 27 (1959)
Author(s):
Brothers Grimm
Daniel Defoe
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Grace Paull
Edward Shenton
Et al
Hunting the Bismarck (1959)
The most powerful battle ship in the world sorties into the North Sea in a desperate attempt to reach Nazi controlled France.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Kenneth Farnhill
The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck (1959)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Samuel Bryant