Table of Contents

PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTE TO THE READER; A-Z ENTRIES; MAPS; GENEALOGIES; SUBJECT INDEX

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Revised and updated the Companion charts the path of British history from 55 BC to the dawn of the third millennium.

About the Author

John Cannon held the chair of Modern History at Newcastle-upon-Tyne until 1992. He has edited many books including The Kings & Queens of Britain (2001), the Dictionary of British History (2001) and The Blackwell Dictionary of Historians (1988).

Reviews

"The range is impressive...truly (almost) all of human life is here."-The Observer (England) reference"--Robert Blake, Sunday Times"A book of great scope."--The Sunday Times (London)