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The Oxford History of England (1934–1965) was a book series on the history of the United Kingdom. Published by Oxford University Press , it was originally intended to span from Roman Britain to the outbreak of the First World War in fourteen volumes written by eminent historians.
The New Oxford History of England is a book series on the history of the British Isles. It was commissioned in 1992 and produced eleven volumes by 2010, but as of March 2024, no more volumes have appeared. [1] It is the successor to the Oxford History of England (1934–86).
Michael Wood's Story of England is a six-part BBC documentary series written and presented by Michael Wood and airing from 22 September 2010. It tells the story of one place, the Leicestershire village of Kibworth , throughout the whole of English history from the Roman era to modern times. [ 1 ]
The Pelican History of England is multi-volume, multi-author work published by the Pelican non-fiction imprint of Penguin Books between 1950 and 1965. It was edited by Jack Morpurgo (1918–2000). [1] The series is said to have "shaped the historical thinking of generations". [2]
A History of Britain is a series of three books by Simon Schama, written to accompany his BBC television series A History of Britain. The volumes are: A History of Britain I: At the Edge of the World? 3000 BC–AD 1603 (BBC, 2000, ISBN 0-563-48714-3) A History of Britain II: The British Wars 1603–1776 (BBC, 2001, ISBN 0-563-48718-6)
The first, introductory, volume was published in 1936 by Hodder & Stoughton; in 1989, The King's England Press was established to reprint the series. The publishers ( Hodder and Stoughton ) claimed that the series was a modern Domesday Book and that the compilers had travelled half-a-million miles in order to complete their task. [ 1 ]
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Spain: Being a Summary of Spanish History from the Moorish Conquest to the Fall of Granada (711-1492 A.D.) 37 1894 David Murray: Japan: 38 1894 George McCall Theal: South Africa (The Cape Colony, Natal, Orange Free State, South African Republic, Rhodesia) and all other territories south of the Zambesi: 39 1894 Alethea Wiel: Venice: 40 1894 T. A ...