England: Land Of Many Dreams

by Rupert O. Matthews

128 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Rupert Matthews has written over 170 books on natural history subjects ,from prehistoric animals as well as the modern flora and faunas of the world, as well as ghost, cryotozoology, UFOS and paranormal activity.

He was born in England in 1961, was educated at Esher Grammar School.

Since 2021 he has served as the Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner for the British Conservative Party.

Reviews

[Bright · Rating 4 out of 5]

With a picture book like this, I normally don’t read much of the essay, just the captions under the pictures.

But I flipped the essay section open to see what he had expounded and lo and behold…
it was a good font size (who’s getting old!???) and
a very easy read, (I’m not studying, I’m relaxing, enjoying a book!)
and it was relatively short,
basically a broad overview of England’s history, from the 400s to modern times.

It was easy to read, I didn’t need to have any background in English history. It was a great overview. I really surprised myself by finishing, and being able to finish the “lecture part” of the picture book.

Another note: there was one caption for about three or four pictures, which meant you had to turn the page-the caption for most pictures was not on the same page. The pictures took up the whole page.