Synopses & Reviews
With over a half-million copies already sold,
The Oxford History of Britain is considered
the classic single-volume history of the British Isles. Covering two thousand years of British history, the book tells the story of Britain and her peoples from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day. Here ten distinguished contributors including Peter Salway, John Blair, John S. Morrill, and Paul Langford, offer essays on everything from the Anglo-Saxon period to the Stuarts to the Liberal Age and the twentieth century, producing a volume that is all-embracing in scope and scholarship.
Edited by the distinguished historian Kenneth O. Morgan, this acclaimed history has been updated for this revised edition, and now includes a new chapter that features a chronology, genealogies of royal lines, and coverage of prime ministers.
From the general reader to the serious history buff, anyone interested in any aspect of British history can satisfy their curiosity with this fact-filled volume.
Review
"The standard one-volume history of Britain."--Sunday Times
Synopsis
The
Oxford Illustrated History of Britain tells the story of Britain and her peoples over two thousand years, from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day. Now available in an easy-to-read, updated format,
The Oxford History of Britain presents the text of this classic in British history.
Ten leading historians offer a dramatic narrative of developments throughout the British Isles, exploring the relationship between the political, economic, social, and cultural transformations in British history. This new edition has been updated to include events of the past twelve years, as well as a revised chapter on the Tudor age.
Synopsis
The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain tells the story of Britain and her peoples over two thousand years, from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day. Now available in an easy-to-read, updated format, The Oxford History of Britain presents the text of this classic in British history.
Ten leading historians offer a dramatic narrative of developments throughout the British Isles, exploring the relationship between the political, economic, social, and cultural transformations in British history. This new edition has been updated to include events of the past twelve years, as well as a revised chapter on the Tudor age.
Synopsis
The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain tells the story of Britain and her peoples over two thousand years, from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day. Now available in an easy-to-read, updated format, The Oxford History of Britain presents the text of this classic in British
history.
Ten leading historians offer a dramatic narrative of developments throughout the British Isles, exploring the relationship between the political, economic, social, and cultural transformations in British history. This new edition has been updated to include events of the past twelve years, as well
as a revised chapter on the Tudor age.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [681]-709) and index.
About the Author
Kenneth O. Morgan is Research Professor at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and Honorary Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford. He is author of many major works on British history including
Twentieth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction and
The People's Peace: British History since 1945. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1983.
Table of Contents
1. Roman Britain
2. The Anglo-Saxon Period
3. The Early Middle Ages
4. The Later Middle Ages
5. The Stuarts
6. The Eighteenth Century
7. Revolution and the Rule of Law
8. The Liberal Age
9. The Twentieth Century
10. NEW CHAPTER (TBC)
Chronology
Genealogies of Royal Lines
Prime Ministers