Isles

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The bestselling & controversial new history of the British Isles including Ireland from the author of Europe: A History. Emphasizing our long-standing European connections & positing a possible break-up of the United Kingdom this is agenda-setting work is destined to become a classic. If ever a history book were a tract for the times it is The Isles: A History.. .a masterwork. Roy Porter The Times Davies is among the few living professional historians who write English with vitality sparkle economy & humour. The pages fly by not only because the pace is well judged but also because the surprises keep coming. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto Sunday Times A book which really will change the way we think about our past. marvellously rich & stimulating Noel Malcolm Evening Standard A historiographical milestone. Niall Ferguson Sunday Times The full shocking force of this book can only be appreciated by reading it. Andrew Marr Observer It is too soon to tell if [ Norman Davies] will become the Macaulay or Trevelyan of our day: that depends on the reading public. He has certainly made a good try. This is narrative history on the grand scale
- compulsively readable intellectually challenging & emotionally exhilirating. David Marquand Literary Review