The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain

by Kenneth O. Morgan, John Blair, John Gillingham, et al.

Book Overview

"It belongs on every student's desk, in every library's catalogue...wherever readers have a real curiosity to discover, in words and pictures, the current state of historical inquiry in the field of British history, from the Romans to Thatcher"--Peter Clarke, History Today. In this beautifully illustrated volume, ten leading historians encompass political, social, economic, and cultural developments throughout the British isles over the last 2,000...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198226845
• ISBN13: 9780198226840
• Release Date: September 1984
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 662 Pages
• Weight: 3.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 10.0" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Get it!

Im no history scholar but I love history and this is worth adding to your library! There is a wonderful timeline in the back which I appreciate as well as the pictures, drawings and maps. It covers the last 2000 years approximately. You can't go wrong at this great price it's worth a look!

expectations

Many of these reviews are complaining about the lack of flow from one "chapter" to another and the many different voices and styles of writing found in each. The problem we run into is that these folks view a one-volume work as a "book," and expect it to read in a similar fashion as a novel. If one approches The Oxfod History of Britain (in this instance - Illustrated) as an anthology, one's expectations are properly aligned and will allow for a greater understanding of the nature of the work; It will be a more enjoyable experience. By virtue of it being written by scholars in he field, one may expect it not to be written in a manner pleasing to the lay reader. Hint number two: it was published by a university press. That means scholarly work and not lay. As far as the addressed issue of it not being accessible to the undergraduate student, that's rubbish. This is a great monograph with a deserving place in the footnotes of many an academic history paper..... at least I intend to use it as such.

Great book to start with

I found it a great book to get acquainted with some british history, so I do not understand all the problems mentioned by other readers. The facts and the names seem all to be there, and it has some parts that explain the different part of society: economics, justice and so on in every period. My advice is to buy it and read it.

Awesome book!

The illustrations really add to the already rich novel. Easy to read, in fact, captivating to read. Excellent choice for perusing the always interesting history of Britian