The Ecclesiastical History of the English People; The Greater Chronicle; Bede's Letter to Egbert (Oxford World's Classics)
Contributors: Judith McClure (Editor); Roger Collins (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: March 11, 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780192838667
First sentence: BRITAIN, once called Albion, is an island of the ocean and lies to the north-west, being opposite Germany, Gaul, and Spain, which form the greater part of Europe, though at a considerable distance from them.