2006-11-28 23:10:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
A History of Britain by Simon Schama is good for the average reader and is easy to find.
2006-11-28 23:19:21 · answer #1 · answered by Stammerman! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he's into a slightly different slant on British history check out the work of Julian Cope (used to be in a rock band called the Tear drop Explodes from Liverpool mid 1980s), He's spent years travelling round the uk to stone circles and megalithic sites and monuments and documented them in a really nice hard back book with great images. Its called
The Modern Antiquarian-Julian Cope
2006-11-28 23:44:34 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An excellent one-volume history which goes from prehistory to the modern day is The Isles, by Norman Davies. It's a fairly big book, but a good read. His book Europe is also outstanding.
2006-11-29 02:40:39 · answer #3 · answered by Daniel R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ultimate history would have to be 'A History of the English Speaking Peoples' by Winston Churchill, though at four volumes it is a bit heavy going.
2006-11-30 15:39:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.worldbooks.co.uk
2006-11-28 23:23:25 · answer #5 · answered by mishnbong 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋