Blakeley, Brian L. Documents in English history : : early times to the present / [electronic resource] / [compiled by] Brian L. Blakeley [and] Jacquelin Collins.. — 1st ed.. — New York : : Alfred A. Knopf,, c1975.. — xii, 467 p. : : ill. ; 23 cm.
" ... presents the beginning student in history, literature, and political science with 125 documents, many of which are generally regarded to be among the most important to an understanding of the British experience."--P. [4] of cover. Includes excerpts from Magna Carta (1215); Queen Elizabeth I, "Golden Speech"; Sir Francis Bacon, Novum Organum; Samuel Pepys, Great fire of London; The bill of rights (1689); Lord John Russell, The great reform bill; etc.