Published by Pimlico, part of Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback
£15.99
Author:
Rebecca Fraser
, Rebecca Fitzgerald
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9781844135523
£15.99
Available for dispatch within 1-2 working days
EAN: 9781844135523
Published: 4 Nov 2004
Combining compelling narrative history with helpful chronology, A People's History of Britain tells the story - from the Romans to the present day - of the small northern islands off the coast of Europe which became the world's largest empire. Full of kings, queens and battles and the heroic individuals who created turning points in history, it is packed with anecdotes about British scientists, explorers, soldiers, traders, writers and artists.
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No family in the English-speaking world should be without this stupendous work
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At a time when too little history is taught in schools and dubious history presented on TV, Rebecca Fraser has blown a tremendous blast of traditional British history... All will learn from it
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A reference book that will see every history student through school and university
- New Statesman
An elegantly written, impressively well-informed single-volume history of how England was governed during the past 2000 years. It should be prescribed reading for all politicians
- Sunday Telegraph
Fraser has put grown-up history back on the national agenda
- Sunday Times
Rebecca Fraser has worked as a researcher, publisher's editor and journalist, and has written for many publications including Tatler, Vogue, The Times and the Spectator. She has also illustrated two children's books, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and Robin Hood. She is married and has three daughters. Her first book, a biography of Charlotte Brontë, was very well received, and she has recently become President of the Brontë Society.
