The English and Their History

by Robert Tombs

Book Overview

A New York Times 2016 Notable Book Robert Tombs's momentous The English and Their History is both a startlingly fresh and a uniquely inclusive account of the people who have a claim to be the oldest nation in the world. The English first came into existence as an idea, before they had a common ruler and before the country they lived in even had a name. They have lasted as a recognizable entity ever since, and their defining national institutions can...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1101874767
• ISBN13: 9781101874769
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 1040 Pages
• Weight: 3.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.8" x 9.5"