England; The History of a Nation by David Ross

English history is a vast and complicated story, made more so since 1707 by the question of where ‘English’ ends and ‘British’ begins. The long sweep of time from the first anonymous occupants of a nameless landscape to the regional government proposals of New Labour is a daunting, but also an exhilarating thing to contemplate. Special and unique features in England: History of a Nation are the ‘fact windows’ in the text, which light up many fascinating aspects of the national story not normally covered in history books, and a chronology of events in England from 55BC to the present day.