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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

Bibliography

Index