A Child's History of England (Illustrated Edition). Charles Dickens
ENGLAND UNDER CHARLES THE SECOND, CALLED THE MERRY MONARCH
FIRST PART
ENGLAND UNDER JAMES THE SECOND
DICKENS AS AN EDUCATOR by James L. Hughes
MY FATHER AS I RECALL HIM by Mamie Dickens
A CHILD’S HISTORY OF ENGLAND
Chapter I. Ancient England and the Romans
Chapter II. Ancient England under the Early Saxons
Chapter III. England under the Good Saxon, Alfred
Chapter IV. England under Athelstan and the Six Boy-kings
Chapter V. England under Canute the Dane
Chapter VI. England Under Harold Harefoot, Hardicanute, And Edward the Confessor
Chapter VII. England under Harold the Second, and Conquered by the Normans
Chapter VIII. England under William the First, the Norman Conqueror
Chapter IX. England under William the Second, Called Rufus
Chapter X. England under Henry the First, Called Fine-scholar
Chapter XI. England under Matilda and Stephen
Chapter XII. England under Henry the Second
Chapter XIII. England under Richard the First, Called the Lion-heart
Chapter XIV. England under King John, Called Lackland
Chapter XV. England under Henry the Third, Called, of Winchester
Chapter XVI. England under Edward the First, Called Longshanks
Chapter XVII. England under Edward the Second
Chapter XVIII. England under Edward the Third
Chapter XIX. England under Richard the Second
Chapter XX. England under Henry the Fourth, Called Bolingbroke
Chapter XXI. England under Henry the Fifth
Chapter XXII. England under Henry the Sixth
Chapter XXIII. England under Edward the Fourth
Chapter XXIV. England under Edward the Fifth
Chapter XXV. England under Richard the Third
Chapter XXVI. England under Henry the Seventh
Chapter XXVIII. England under Henry the Eighth—Part the Second
Chapter XXIX. England under Edward the Sixth
Chapter XXX. England under Mary
Chapter XXXI. England under Elizabeth
Chapter XXXII. England under James the First
Chapter XXXIII. England under Charles the First
Chapter XXXIV. England under Oliver Cromwell
Chapter XXXV. England under Charles the Second, Called the Merry Monarch
Chapter XXXVI. England under James the Second
Chapter I.
Ancient England and the Romans
If you look at a Map of the World, you will see, in the left-hand upper corner of the Eastern Hemisphere, two Islands lying in the sea. They are England and Scotland, and Ireland. England and Scotland form the greater part of these Islands. Ireland is the next in size. The little neighbouring islands, which are so small upon the Map as to be mere dots, are chiefly little bits of Scotland,—broken off, I dare say, in the course of a great length of time, by the power of the restless water.
In the old days, a long, long while ago, before Our