Table of Contents

Prehistoric, early and Roman Britain - up to c.450 AD. The Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings 450-1066: the creation of Anglo-Saxon England; the Viking invasions and the expansion of Wessex. The Normans 1066-1154; the Plantagenets 1154-1399: the early Plantagenets; the later Plantagenets. Lancaster, York and the Wars of the Roses 1399-1485. The Tudor dynasty 1485-1603: the Tudor kings; the Tudor queens. The Stuart kings, the republic and the restoration 1603-1688. The age of oligarchy 1689-1820: the Whig ascendency; the reign of George III. The age of empire 1820-1914. England the two world wars 1914-1945. Postwar England 1946-2002.

About the Author

Robin Eagles has a D.Phil in Modern History from Oxford. His previous book is Francophilia in English Society 1748-1815 (Macmillan).