The Penguin Illustrated History of Britain and Ireland

Nov 7, 2024 8:25 PM

Author:Barry Cunliffe,Asa Briggs,Barry Cunliffe,Robert Bartlett,John Morrill,Joanna Bourke

Compiled by a team of leading historians, this is a wonderfully rich, lavishly illustrated history of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The reader is taken on a journey from prehistoric times to the present day, examining such topics as the spread of literacy, the development of transport, and the evolution of country houses on the way. British cities are brought to life in artwork reconstructions that take the reader back to the Dublin of the 18th century or London in the 1850s. Scholarly yet accessible, this is the ideal introduction to British and Irish history.

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—— Times Literary Supplement

When I finished Bread and Ashes - hanging on every word - I could have wished it twice as long

—— Independent

Gripping... With Perkin, Wroe has breathed new life into an obscure figure

—— Daily Mail

A book that captures the temper of an age

—— Financial Times

Rewards every moment of attention

—— Sunday Telegraph

Excellent...intriguing reading...Surely [Leigh Hunt] should be back in print for us to judge him now

—— Daily Mail

Roe brings to his work decades of research on the period...[his] volume is free of imprecision and well-informed

—— Independent

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