The Shortest History of England: Empire and Division from the Anglo-Saxons to Brexit - A Retelling for Our Times

How the most powerful country in the UK was forged by invasion and conquest, and is fractured by its north-south divide. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read.

England-begetter of parliaments and globe-spanning empires, star of beloved period dramas, and home of the House of Windsor-is not quite the stalwart island fortress that many of us imagine. Riven by an ancient fault line that predates even the Romans, its fate has ever been ...