CONTENTS:

PRELUDE
I. BRITAIN BEFORE THE ROMANS
II. ROMAN BRITAIN, 55 B.C. – A.D. 450

BOOK I – CELTS, SAXONS AND SCANDINAVIANS
I. THE COMING OF THE ENGLISH, 450-613
II. THE LAND AND THE CONQUERORS
III. CONSOLIDATION OF THE CHURCH
IV. ANARCHY, COLLAPSE, AND RECOVERY, 613-899
V. THE HEIGHT AND FALL OF SAXON ENGLAND, 899-1017
VI. DANISH RULE AND NORMAN CONQUEST, 1017-1066

BOOK II – MEDIAEVAL ENGLAND, 1066-1360
I. THE TRANSFORMATION OF ENGLAND
II. THE CROWN AND ITS RIVALS, 1066-1154
III. THE ANGEVINS, 1154-1213
IV. PREPARATION FOR NATIONALITY
V. REVOLUTION AND REFORM, 1213-1272
VI. EDWARD I, 1272-1307
VII. THE CONQUEST OF WALES
VIII. EDWARD II AND EDWARD III, 1307 TO 1360
IX. ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND, TO 1369
X. GROWTH OF THE CONSTITUTION, 1215-1377

BOOK III: IN TRANSITION, 1360-1509
I. THE END OF THE MIDDLE AGES
II. REVOLUTION, 1376-1399
III. THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
IV. LANCASTRIAN ENGLAND, 1399-1413
V. HENRY V, 1413-1422
VI. NATIONAL COLLAPSE, 1422-1485
VII. HENRY VII: OLD THREADS AND NEW, 1485-1509
VIII. THE CONSTITUTION, 1400-1529

BOOK IV: MAKING OF MODERN ENGLAND, 1509-1660
I. HENRY VIII: OLD PROJECTS IN A NEW AGE, 1509-1529
II. HENRY VIII: THE MODERNIZING OF ENGLAND, 1529-1547
III. ANARCHY, 1547-1558
IV. THE REIGN OF ELIZABETH, 1558-1573
V. THE REIGN OF ELIZABETH, 1573-1603
VI. SCOTLAND, 1370-1603
VII. IRELAND: THE PROBLEM SET, 1460-1633
VIII. THE ELEVENTH HOUR, 1603-1629
IX. THE DECISION, 1629-1642
X. THE CIVIL WAR, 1642-1646
XI. THE FALL OF THE MONARCHY, 1646-1649
XII. DESTRUCTION AND RESTORATION, 1649-1660
XIII. ENGLISH CIVILIZATION, 1540-1660

BOOK V – EQUILIBRIUM, 1660-1760
I. CHARLES II, 1660-1667
II. CHARLES II, 1667-1685
III. JAMES II, 1685-1688
IV. WILLIAM III, 1689-1702
V. THE REIGN OF ANNE, 1702-1714
VI. THE BRITISH EMPIRE, TO 1714
VII. HANOVERIAN AND WHIG SUPREMACY, 1714-1724
VIII. WALPOLE AND THE PELHAMS, 1724-1754
IX. THE ELDER PITT AND THE SEVEN YEARS’ WAR, 1754-1763

BOOK VI – INDUSTRY AND EMPIRE, 1760-1852
I. FRAMEWORK OF A NEW AGE
II. THE GOVERNMENT OF GEORGE III, 1763-1782
III. RECONSTRUCTION, 1782-1792
IV. REVOLUTION AND WAR, 1792-1801
V. THE STRUGGLE FOR NATIONAL EXISTENCE, 1801-1815
VI. THE CONSTITUTION IN 1815
VII. CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE IN 1815
VIII. THE LIVERPOOL GOVERNMENT, 1815-1825
IX. CANNING, EMANCIPATION, AND REFORM, 1825-1832
X. WHIGS AND CHARTISTS, 1832-1841
XI. THE QUEEN AND SIR ROBERT PEEL, 1837-1850
XII. BRITAIN AND EUROPE, 1827-1852
XIII. THE NEW EMPIRE, 1815-1852
XIV. IRELAND, 1815-1848
XV. THOUGHT AND RELIGION, 1830-1860

BOOK VII – A GREAT POWER, 1852-1918
I. CLIMAX OF THE VICTORIAN AGE, 1848-1880
II. COALITION, CRIMEA, AND THE TRIUMPH OF PALMERSTON, 1852-1859
III. INDIA, FROM WELLESLEY TO THE MUTINY
IV. LIBERALISM, AT HOME AND ABROAD, 1859-1874
V. DISRAELI, 1874-1880
VI. THE EMPIRE, 1850-1880
VII. PERIL AND DECLINE, 1881-1914
VIII. GLADSTONE AND THE IRISH QUESTION, 1880-1886
IX. SOUTH AFRICA, EGYPT, AND THE SUDAN
X. THE SALISBURY GOVERNMENT, AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS, 1886-1892
XI. HOME POLITICS AND PARTIES, 1892-1905
XII. SOUTH AFRICA, 1884-1914
XIII. THE LAST OF LIBERALISM, 1905-1914
XIV. FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE STEPS TOWARDS WAR, 1895-1914
XV. THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 1914-1918

BOOK VIII: AFTERMATH, 1919-1929
I. FRUITS OF WAR AND PEACE, 1919-1929
II. THE EMPIRE, 1919-1938
III. PERIL, 1929-1938