Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
83-021990
Reviews
'an essential part of the high culture of our times, something which everyeducated person will be expected to have read' Encounter, 'This is the definitive account of the Kings and Queens ... a treasure,superbly illustrated.' The Star, 'This superb volume...far removed from those dull history books you had toplod through at school.' Manchester Evening News, 'This beautifully printed, informative and clearly written volume, with its marvellous collection of over two hundred full colour and black and white illustrations, its clean-cut maps, geneological tables and splendid index' Leslie MacFarlane, University of Aberdeen, Catholic Family, 'The appearance of this paperback edition...is greatly to be welcomed. Each chapter is the work of an expert in the period...Excellent value...teachers and pupils alike will find reward in its use.' James Halliday, History Teaching Review, 'This superb volume...far removed from those dull history books you had to plod through at school.' Manchester Evening News, 'This beautifully printed, informative and clearly written volume, withits marvellous collection of over two hundred full colour and black and whiteillustrations, its clean-cut maps, geneological tables and splendid index'Leslie MacFarlane, University of Aberdeen, Catholic Family, 'The book's strongest point is that it assumes virtually no prior knowledge of anything. If the intention was to encourage people to find out more about what is often an unnecessary dull academic field, then it is for the most part a success.'Borehamwood and Radlett Advertiser, 'the best buy of the year in historical publishing. It belongs in every school satchel, on every student's desk, in every library's catalogue...on everyone's coffee table' Peter Clarke, History Today, 'the best buy of the year in historical publishing. It belongs in everyschool satchel, on every student's desk, in every library's catalogue...oneveryone's coffee table' Peter Clarke, History Today, 'The book's strongest point is that it assumes virtually no priorknowledge of anything. If the intention was to encourage people to find outmore about what is often an unnecessary dull academic field, then it is for themost part a success.'Borehamwood and Radlett Advertiser, 'The appearance of this paperback edition...is greatly to be welcomed.Each chapter is the work of an expert in the period...Excellent value...teachersand pupils alike will find reward in its use.' James Halliday, History TeachingReview, 'an essential part of the high culture of our times, something which every educated person will be expected to have read' Encounter, 'This is the definitive account of the Kings and Queens ... a treasure, superbly illustrated.' The Star
Dewey Edition
22
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Dewey Decimal
941
Table Of Content
Roman Britain; The Anglo-Saxon Period; The Early Middle Ages; The Later Middle Ages; The Tudor Age; The Stuarts; The Eighteenth Century; Revolution and the Rule of Law; The Liberal Age; The Twentieth Century; Further Reading; Chronology; Genealogies of Royal Lines; Prime Ministers; Acknowledgements of Sources; Index.
Synopsis
This beautifully illustrated volume tells the story of Britain and its peoples over two thousand years, from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day. Offering the best in modern scholarship, these ten leading historians encompass political, social, economic and cultural developments throughout the British Isles and illuminate their text with carefully chosen maps and pictures., B'Without doubt, this will serve as the standard one-volume history of Britain for the rest of the century.' Sunday Times 'the best buy of the year in historical publishing. It belongs in every school satchel, on every student's desk, in every library's catalogue ... on everyone's coffee table ... wherever readers have a real curiosity to discover, in words and pictures, the current stage of historical inquiry in the field of British history.' Peter Clark, History Today 'Here is a book to intrigue the mind and gladden the eye.' Max Beloff, Art International 'a lively and stimulating overview by a selection of our best younger historians, scholarly but very readable' John Kenyon, Observer 'All ten authors ... embody the very qualities Kenneth Morgan hopes his quite exceptional history will instil in its readers: clarity, subtlety, enthusiasm and even affection' TES 'an essential part of the high cultures of our times, something which every educated person will be expected to have read' Vernon Bogdanor, Encounter 'For those who want a one-volume history of Britain this is ideal and with the superb illustrations a bargain.' Glasgow Herald, This beautifully illustrated volume tells the story of Britain and its peoples over two thousand years, from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day. Encompassing political, social, economic, and cultural developments throughout the British Isles, the dramatic narrative is taken up by ten leading historians who offer the fruits of the best modern scholarship to the general reader in authoritative form, illuminating their text with carefully chosen pictures and maps. A vivid, sometimes surprising picture emerges of continuous turmoil and change in every period of Britain's history. By exploring the many ways in which Britain has shaped and been shaped by contact with Europe and the Wider world, this comprehensive book brings the modern reader face to face with the past and thus the foundations of modern British society.
LC Classification Number
DA30
Copyright Date
1986
ebay_catalog_id
4
