The heroes and villains, triumphs and disasters of English history are
instantly familiar -- from the Norman Conquest to Henry VIII, Queen
Victoria to the two World Wars. But to understand their full
significance we need to know the whole story.
A Short History of England sheds new light on all the key individuals
and events in English history by bringing them together in an
enlightening account of the country's birth, rise to global prominence,
and then partial eclipse. Written with flair and authority by Guardian
columnist and London Times former editor Simon Jenkins, this is the
definitive narrative of how today's England came to be. Concise but
comprehensive, with more than a hundred color illustrations, this
beautiful single-volume history will be the standard work for years to
come.