Purchased from a bookshop on a lovely day exploring Cantebury and carefully carried back home to remember the all too short trip to England. As the title implies, this is not a scholarly work, but more a collection of stories that many English people may vaguely remember, and the kind of stories likely to be remembered by those of us not lucky enough to be born there. I specifically remember the quotation of Henry V's St. Crispin's Day speech from the Shakespearean play in that relevant section of history. Wonderful images, paintings and photographs used throughout. ( )