A History of the British Isles

This book tells the story of a group of islands, their peoples, and their remarkable impact on the rest of the world. Concise and authoritative, it provides a balanced and absorbing narrative of an extraordinary shared past, with equal attention paid to England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. This new edition brings the story up to the present day, and pays greater attention to social developments

Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the author and editor of a number of books published by Palgrave.

Preface
Introduction
1. Pre-Roman and Roman Britain
2. British, English and Scandinavians, 400-1066
3. The Middle Ages
4. The Sixteenth Century
5. 1603-88
6. 1689-1815
7. Age of Reform and Empire, 1815-1914
8. The Twentieth Century
9. The British Isles Today
10. Conclusions
Selected Further Reading
Index