Picturing the past : English history in text and image, 1830-1870

Introduction: Picturing the English Past in Nineteenth-Century Britain: Historical Consciousness and National Identity Publishing the Past: Text and Image, Author, Illustrator and Publisher The History of The History of England: The Evolution of a Standard Text and its Illustrations True Stories and Solid Facts: The Evolution of the English History Textbook The Picturesque Face of the Past: The 1840s Novels of William Harrison Ainsworth 'A United People': Charles Knight and the Making of a Picturesque History of England Separate Spheres and Early Women's History John Lingard's History of England: A Catholic History Thackeray, A'Beckett, and Leech: 'The Dignity of History' The Abuse of Antiquity and the Uses of Myth: The Illustrated Historical Novel after 1850 Experiments with History: The Later Novels of W. H. Ainsworth and their Illustrations and the Decline of the Picturesque Historical Novel Conclusion