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The History of England, Volume I

by David Hume (1711–1776)

32 chapters, about 186,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. MY OWN LIFE. 2,700 words
2. DEAR SIR, 1,300 words
3. "MY DEAREST FRIEND, 100 words
4. "DEAR SIR, 500 words
5. CHAPTER I. 16,700 words
6. CHAPTER II. 17,300 words
7. CHAPTER III. 17,600 words
8. THE ANGLO-SAXON GOVERNMENT AND MANNERS. 9,100 words
9. CHAPTER IV. 12,500 words
10. WILLIAM RUFUS. 5,600 words
11. HENRY I. 10,700 words
12. STEPHEN. 5,200 words
13. HENRY II. 12,900 words
14. CHAPTER IX. 12,700 words
15. RICHARD I. 8,500 words
16. JOHN. 14,800 words
17. THE FEUDAL AND ANGLO-NORMAN GOVERNMENT AND MANNERS. 11,200 words
18. HENRY III. 22,000 words
19. NOTE [A] 800 words
20. NOTE [B] 300 words
21. NOTE [D] 200 words
22. NOTE [F] 400 words
23. NOTE [G] 200 words
24. NOTE [H] 300 words
25. NOTE [K] 100 words
26. NOTE [L] 200 words
27. NOTE [M] 100 words
28. NOTE [N] 200 words
29. NOTE [O] 100 words
30. NOTE [P] 300 words
31. NOTE [R] 700 words
32. NOTE [S] 100 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Bishop
• English people
• Invasion

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