A Child's History of England

When the Channel Tunnel opened in 1994, the two figures chosen to represent England and France in great mock-ups were the sixteenth-century rival kings Henry VIII and Francis I.

‘My God, my God—’ I said to myself, ‘It’s the Children’s Crusade.’”

that great spectacle of babyish helplessness, the economic theory of history.

hard to be endured without some remonstrance by any sane man who knew the truth.