About the Author
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 The Earliest People
The First Million Years
2 Britain Becomes an Island
8000 BC–AD
3 The Romans
43–410
4 The Anglo-Saxons and Vikings
410–1066
5 The Normans and Early Medieval Period
1066–1377
6 Late Medieval
1377–1485
7 Tudors to the Eighteenth Century
1485–1714
8 The House of Hanover
1714–1837
9 The Victorians to the Great War
1837–1914
10 The War Years
1914–45
11 Modern Times
1945 to the Present
Further Reading
Index