History of England

First Published in 1947, A History of England combines a concise record of events with an absorbing picture of England’s evolution in the political, social, economic, and cultural spheres. It brings important themes like Britain under the Romans; the Norman conquest; Edward I and the parliaments; the civil war; Oliver Cromwell and Puritan England; the revolution of 1688; England in the eighteenth and nineteenth century; the defeat of Napoleon; the early twentieth century and the first German war; Britain between the two wars; British foreign policy between 1919 to 1939 and the Second World War and after. This comprehensive volume is a must read for students of British history.