Review
'An exciting account of England's history by a major figure whose zeal for his subject shines through his prose'
--Jeremy Black, Professor of History at the University of Exeter
'Let Jenkins sweep you through England's history, painting a vivid picture of this country's green and pleasant land' --City AM
'Where Jenkins excels is in his very journalistic approach... The historical events are joined up, and work as narrative' --Time Out
'A lucid and handsomely illustrated narrative, from the Saxon dawn of England to the Cameron Government' --The Times
'Full of stand-out facts ... Absolutely fascinating ... I've learnt an awful lot' --Richard Bacon, BBC Radio 2
'Immediately accessible' --Prospect
'This is traditional, kings-and-things, great-men history with all its dates and famous quotations in place ... it's jolly good ... Jenkins has a newspaper columnist's aphoristic verve ... judgements are crisp' --Spectator
'Entertaining' --Sunday Times
'Full of good writing and lively anecdotes ... worth perusing for pleasure and food for thought' --New Statesman
'A characteristically bold, wry, fluent, combative gallop through English history' --Max Hastings
Book Description
The definitive concise account of our remarkable past