Product Description

A stirring trip through the essentials of British History.

Britains past brought right up to date.

This book is a riotous, irreverent account of the people and events that have shaped Britain. Its a "who, what, when, where and why" that reads like a thriller and a comedy rolled into one. Inside youll find riproaring stories of powermad kings, executions, invasions, high treason, global empirebuilding and forbidden love not bad for a nation of stiff upper lips.

Discover:

Famous and infamous Britons

Key royal, military and cultural eras

Power in Britain: who lost it, who took it

The rise and fall of Britains global empire

History as it connects to Britain today