Land and Literature of England
Subtitle: A Historical Account
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: June 1, 2000
Language: eng
Number of pages: 644
ISBN-13: 9780393303438
First sentence: The rock-bound, rain-drenched islands which are now divided into the four ancient nations of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales lie off the northwest coast of Europe, with the English Channel to the south of them, the North Sea to the east, the Norwegian Sea to the north, and the broad sweep of the North Atlantic to the west.