A Short History of England
Chesterton, G. K. / G. K. Chesterton / 1stworld Library![A Short History of England](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/314/3148271/CHSBZCOP033148271.jpg)
It will be very reasonably asked why I should consent, though upon a sort of challenge, to write even a popular essay in English history, who make no pretence to particular scholarship and am merely a member of the public. The answer is that I know just enough to know one thing: that a history from the standpoint of a member of the public has not been written. What we call the popular histories should rather be called the anti-popular historie...