This is a comprehensive survey of the people that shaped British history, from Julius Caesar to 2000. It includes more than 4000 biographical entries that cover
An A-Z guide to around 300 years of British history through biographies of the most important people. It explains why each person was so important, and includes
This is part of an eight-volume series providing short biographies of men and women from Roman to Victorian times. Each entry places the subject in the context
"When histories, too often, have little room for the individuals who are the life and soul of the past, there is a place for a history which is composed of the