Best books about British history to read in 2024
For such a seemingly small island, Great Britain has permanently painted history red, white and blue. She’s a nation which has bloodied battlefields, surrendered hopelessly and suffered a mourner’s fate over the centuries.
The legacy of the British Empire is vast, sprawling, and extremely complex. There’s a reason we’ve provided a round-up of books written by experts in the field, instead of attempting to explain a brief history in the space of a few short introductory sentences.
While many of us know that Great Britain was once part of the Roman Empire, it can be difficult to understand just how the landscape changed from that of ancient roads and ingenious irrigation to that of waste-ridden Victorian England and all the tales of royal succession in between.
Though school lessons tend to focus on tracing the history of monarchs and British-led conflicts and conquering, there are many fascinating ways through which we can explore the depths of British history.
Whether it be by tracing the history of and sumptuary laws, gastronomical tradition and
