The Story of England

In The Story of England, Michael Wood tells the extraordinary story of one English community over 15 centuries, from the moment that the Roman Emperor Honorius sent his famous letter in 410 advising the English to look to their own defenses to the village as it is today. The village of Kibworth in Leicestershire lies at the very center of England. It has a church, some pubs, the Grand Union Canal, a First World War Memorial—and many centuries of recorded history. In the 13th century the vil...