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  • Dickens: History in an Hour

  • By: Kaye Jones
  • Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
  • Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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Publisher's Summary

Charles Dickens remains -n200 years after his birth - arguably Britain’s most successful writer. Works such as Great Expectations and Oliver Twist have amused and inspired readers in all languages since their original publication in the nineteenth century, and have been adapted countless times for the stage and screen.

Dickens: History in an Hour covers all the major facts and events surrounding Dickens’s life; the poverty of his childhood, his experience in Warren’s Blacking Factory, the evolution of his novels, his tours around America and Europe and his sometimes scandalous private life. Dickens: History in an Hour tells you everything you need to know about Charles Dickens in just one hour. Know your stuff: read about Dickens in just one hour.

©2013 Kaye Jones (P)2013 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Authors Great Britain Society Politics & Government Political Science
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“If the past is a foreign country, History in an Hour is like a high-class tour operator, offering delightfully enjoyable short breaks in the rich and diverse continent of our shared past” (Dominic Sandbrook)
“The practice of History is ever-evolving, and the History In An Hour idea brings it back up to date for the digital age” (Andrew Roberts, Bookseller)
“This is genius” (MacWorld.com)

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