A reference work which presents the history of Britain in biographical form. The two volumes contain over 1500 short biographies of men and women who played an important part in their time.

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 politics, the monarchy, the military, science and industry.

The series, planned to contain eight volumes, presents a supplement to conventional history texts with biographical sketches of about a page each. The entries are arranged chronologically, with similar classes of people grouped together to facilitate research on a particular subject or event. The treatment is appropriate to general readers or undergraduate students but refers to more specific and detailed material. The subjects include political and religious leaders, intellectuals, writers, and artists. Each volume is separately indexed. (See also following entries.) Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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 artists, soldiers, criminals, traitors, tyrants and saints.

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 of their age and evokes what was distinctive and interesting about their personality and achievement.

Here is the whole of recorded British royal history, from the legendary King Alfred the Great onwards, including the monarchies of England, Scotland, Wales and the United Kingdom for over a thousand years. Fascinating portraits are expertly woven into a history of division and eventual union of the British Isles - even royals we think most familiar are revealed in a new and sometimes surprising light. This revised and shortened edition of The Mammoth Book of British Kings & Queens includes biographies of the royals of recorded British history, plus an overview of the semi-legendary figures of pre-history and the Dark Ages - an accessible source for students and general readers.