The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain

Produktbeschreibung

The first updated new edition in almost twenty years of this best-selling and beautifully illustrated history of Britain, from Roman times to the 21st century. 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword to the new edition
1: Peter Salway: Roman Britain (c.55 BC - c. AD 440)
2: John Blair: The Anglo-Saxon Period (c. 440-1066)
3: John Gillingham: The Early Middle Ages (1066-1290)
4: Ralph A. Griffiths: The Later Middle Ages (1290-1485)
5: John Guy: The Tudor Age (1485-1603)
6: John Morrill: The Stuarts (1603-1688)
7: Paul Langford: The Eighteenth Century (1688-1789)
8: Christopher Harvie: Revolution and the Rule of Law (1789-1851)
9: H. C. G. Matthew: The Liberal Age (1851-1914)
10: Kenneth O. Morgan: The Twentieth Century (1914-2000)
Epilogue (the years since 2000)
Further Reading
Chronology
Genealogies of Royal Lines
Prime Ministers 1721-2008
Index 

Autoreninfo

Kenneth O. Morgan is honorary Fellow of the Queen's and Oriel Colleges, Oxford. From 1966 to 1989 he was Fellow and Praelector of Queen's; from 1989 to 1995 he was Vice-Chancellor of Aberystwyth University, and also Senior Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, 1993-5. He is the author of many major works on British history including Wales in British Politics, 1868-1922; The Age of Lloyd George; Keir Hardie: Radical and Socialist; Rebirth of a Nation: Wales 1880-1980; Labour in Power, 1945-51; Consensus and Disunity: the Lloyd George Coalition Government, 1918-1922; Labour People: Leaders and Lieutenants, Hardie to Kinnock; The People's Peace: British History, 1945-1990; Modern Wales: Politics, Places and People; Callaghan: A Life; The Twentieth Century (A Very Short Intoduction); and Michael Foot: A Life. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1983, and became a life peer in 2000.