Compiled by a team of leading historians, this is a wonderfully rich,
lavishly illustrated history of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.
The reader is taken on a journey from prehistoric times to the present
day, examining such topics as the spread of literacy, the development of
transport, and the evolution of country houses on the way. British
cities are brought to life in artwork reconstructions that take the
reader back to the Dublin of the 18th century or London in the 1850s.
Scholarly yet accessible, this is the ideal introduction to British and
Irish history.