The Isles: A History [Hardback], Norman Davies

Hardback first edition 1999 with dust jacket in very good condition. [Little Lane Bookshop]

A history of the British Isles in the light of parallel events on the Continent. Challenges the traditional picture of Britain and provides the view of the Isles being constantly buffeted by continental storms and being transformed by them. Culminates with the crisis confronting Britain in the face of the European Union.