, Harvill, 1997 Paperback, 624 pages, ENG., 240 x 230 x 30 mm, in good condition, illustrated in b/w and some in colour. ISBN 9781860462146.
This volume can be used both as a chronological history of the development of Britain and as a work of reference. It looks at the origins, evolution and progress of Britain's villages, towns, universities, pubs and parks, farms and industries, explaining everything from Iron Age forts to the iron bridges to the Industrial Revolution.