Fourscore Years

by George Gordon Coulton

Overview

First published in 1943, and reprinted with corrections in 1944, Fourscore Years is the autobiography of the sometimes controversial medievalist and historian G. G. Coulton, written only a few years before his death in 1947. The memoir chronicles nearly eighty years of the author's life and work and is accompanied by several photographs and drawings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781107646278
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	02/02/2012
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.91(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Wensleydale and Oldham; 2. Apron strings; 3. Dame's school; 4. Victorian Lynn (1); 5. Victorian Lynn (2); 6. St-Omer; 7. The grammar school; 8. Pentney; 9. The public school; 10. The chrysalis stage; 11. Cambridge in 1877; 12. College small beer; 13. St Catharine's; 14. Malvern Wells; 15. Llandaff; 16. Parish work; 17. Fresh woods; 18. Wales (I); 19. Wales (2); 20. Heidelberg; 21. Sherborne; 22. Sedbergh; 23. Dulwich College; 24. Lausanne and Naples; 25. Sorrento and Amalfi; 26. Homeward bound; 27. South Lynn; 28. A bee in the bonnet; 29. Winter sport; 30. Thurlestone; 31. First books; 32. Cambridge again; 33. History and controversy; 34. An extreme case; 35. Soul's ease; Appendix; Index.