The Oxford History of Britain
Review from other book by this author: "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 Clarke, 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 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 culture 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