The Oxford History of Britain

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Kenneth O. Morgan
Oxford University Press, 2001 - History - 780 pages
With over a half-million copies already sold, The Oxford History of Britain is considered the classic single-volume history of the British Isles. Covering two thousand years of British history, the book tells the story of Britain and her peoples from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day. Here ten distinguished contributors including Peter Salway, John Blair, John S. Morrill, and Paul Langford, offer essays on everything from the Anglo-Saxon period to the Stuarts to the Liberal Age and the twentieth century, producing a volume that is all-embracing in scope and scholarship.
Edited by the distinguished historian Kenneth O. Morgan, this acclaimed history has been updated for this revised edition, and now includes a new chapter that features a chronology, genealogies of royal lines, and coverage of prime ministers.
From the general reader to the serious history buff, anyone interested in any aspect of British history can satisfy their curiosity with this fact-filled volume.

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Contents

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1
III
60
IV
120
V
192
VI
257
VII
327
VIII
399
IX
470
XI
518
XIII
582
XIV
681
XV
711
XVI
740
XVII
743
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Kenneth O. Morgan is Research Professor at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and Honorary Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford. He is author of many major works on British history including Twentieth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction and The People's Peace: British History since 1945. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1983.

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