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The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain
Kenneth O(Ed Morgan
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Description for The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain
Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Morgan, Kenneth O. Num Pages: 704 pages, 268 black and white halftones and 25 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 188 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1588.
This beautifully illustrated volume tells the story of Britain and its people over two thousand years, from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day. Encompassing political, social, economic, and cultural developments throughout the British Isles, the dramatic narrative is taken up in turn by ten leading historians who offer the fruits of the best modern scholarship to the general reader in an authoritative form, illuminating their text with carefully chosen pictures and maps. A vivid, sometimes surprising picture emerges of a continuous turmoil of change in every period, and the wider social context of political ... Read more
This beautifully illustrated volume tells the story of Britain and its people over two thousand years, from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day. Encompassing political, social, economic, and cultural developments throughout the British Isles, the dramatic narrative is taken up in turn by ten leading historians who offer the fruits of the best modern scholarship to the general reader in an authoritative form, illuminating their text with carefully chosen pictures and maps. A vivid, sometimes surprising picture emerges of a continuous turmoil of change in every period, and the wider social context of political ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
704
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199544752
SKU
V9780199544752
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About Kenneth O(Ed Morgan
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, ... Read more
Reviews for The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain
Review from previous edition belongs in every school satchel, on every student's desk, in every library's catalogue... on everyone's coffee table... wherever readers have a real curiosity to discover, in words and pictures, the current stage of historical inquiry in the field of British history
Peter Clarke, History Today
Here is a book to intrigue the mind and ... Read more
Peter Clarke, History Today
Here is a book to intrigue the mind and ... Read more