"The Hundred Years" 1937 GUEDALLA, Philip

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".