The 2000 Years book is ... OK. Kind of DK style, with nice illustrations but rather choppy, limited text. It covers 20 topics, each with a double page spread. The publisher, Lion, is Church of England (I think) and it shows in the sections about the Reformation - it isn't anti-Catholic, but it doesn't say much about the persecution of Catholics in early modern England. So far as I know it is the only recent book that surveys British Christian history for children, and even this one is out of print :(.
Beautiful books, all! Great finds.
ReplyDeleteThe 2000 Years book looks very interesting! Is it any good?
ReplyDeleteThe 2000 Years book is ... OK. Kind of DK style, with nice illustrations but rather choppy, limited text. It covers 20 topics, each with a double page spread. The publisher, Lion, is Church of England (I think) and it shows in the sections about the Reformation - it isn't anti-Catholic, but it doesn't say much about the persecution of Catholics in early modern England. So far as I know it is the only recent book that surveys British Christian history for children, and even this one is out of print :(.
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