Volume I tells the story of Britain from pre-history to the Battle of Bosworth - the last of the battles of the Wars of the Roses in 1485 - and describes the strife and turmoil in the making of a nation. When this volume begins, tribal law was supreme; when it ends, Brtiain had become a nation and stood on the threshold of those adventures overseas which were to make an empire. Along the way we encounter a plethora of closely observed characters - William the Conqueror, Alfred the Great, Richard the Lionheart, Joan of Arc - and Churchill analyses the beginnings of Parliament, the Church and the monarchy with an eye as sharp as his legendary wit. Volume I: The Birth of Britain Volume II: The New World Volume III: The Age of Revolution Volume IV: The Great Democracies
- ISBN10 030436388X
- ISBN13 9780304363889
- Publish Date 9 May 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 May 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Orion Publishing Co
- Imprint Cassell Reference
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 448
- Language English