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All three trade paperback. The vast, critically acclaimed epic of British history, which has been called 'masterly' ("Financial Times"), 'admirable' ("The Times") and 'popular history at its finest' ("Sunday Express").
Synopsis
Spanning two centuries, crossing the breadth of the empire and covering topics - from the birth of feminism to the fate of freedom, this book explores the forces that shaped British culture and character from 1776 to 2000.