Dominion: The History of England from the Battle of Waterloo to Victoria's Diamond Jubilee

"Ackroyd, as always, is well worth the read." —Kirkus, starred review

Dominion, the fifth volume of Peter Ackroyd’s masterful History of England, begins in 1815 as national glory following the Battle of Waterloo gives way to a post-war depression and ends with the death of Queen Victoria in January 1901.

Spanning the end of the Regency, Ackroyd takes readers from the accession of the profligate George IV whose government was steered by Lord Liverpool, whose face was set against reform, to the...