Physical description

The Book is part of a 25 volume set with red cloth bindings and gold filigree design to rib.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Flyleaf has the title with Edited by Henry Smith Williams L.L.D. In twenty five volumes-Vol. XVIII and London “The Times” 1908 in Gothic script

Summary

Henry Smith Williams’ “The Historians' History of the World” is a chronological and geographical "tapestry" of human events, these twenty five volumes occupy a very specific and prestigious place in historical research. Volume 18 specifically focuses on the history of England to 1485, it serves as the foundational text for British history within the series. It chronicles the evolution of the English nation from its earliest recorded beginnings through the end of the Middle Ages.