Fourscore Years

First published in 1943, and reprinted with corrections in 1944, Fourscore Years is the autobiography of the sometimes controversial medievalist and historian G. G. Coulton, written only a few years before his death in 1947. The memoir chronicles nearly eighty years of the author's life and work and is accompanied by several photographs and drawings.

Preface; 1. Wensleydale and Oldham; 2. Apron strings; 3. Dame's school; 4. Victorian Lynn (1); 5. Victorian Lynn (2); 6. St-Omer; 7. The grammar school; 8. Pentney; 9. The public school; 10. The chrysalis stage; 11. Cambridge in 1877; 12. College small beer; 13. St Catharine's; 14. Malvern Wells; 15. Llandaff; 16. Parish work; 17. Fresh woods; 18. Wales (I); 19. Wales (2); 20. Heidelberg; 21. Sherborne; 22. Sedbergh; 23. Dulwich College; 24. Lausanne and Naples; 25. Sorrento and Amalfi; 26. Homeward bound; 27. South Lynn; 28. A bee in the bonnet; 29. Winter sport; 30. Thurlestone; 31. First books; 32. Cambridge again; 33. History and controversy; 34. An extreme case; 35. Soul's ease; Appendix; Index.

First published in 1943, and reprinted with corrections in 1944, this is the autobiography of the medievalist and historian G. G. Coulton, written only a few years before his death in 1947. It chronicles nearly eighty years of the author's life and work and is accompanied by photographs and drawings.