"The Hundred Years" 1937 GUEDALLA, Philip
$175
GUEDALLA, Philip
[400] pp.
Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
1937
9 1/4" x 6 1/2"
Jacket design by Rex Whistler
The English barrister's "rounded history of the most important century of modern times," covering the period from 1837-1937.
Philip Guedalla (12 March 1889 – 16 December 1944) was an English barrister, and a popular historical and travel writer and biographer. His wit and epigrams are well-known, one example being "Even reviewers read a Preface". He also was the originator of a now-common theory on Henry James, writing that "The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into three reigns: James I, James II, and the Old Pretender".