The "British History Series" tells the story of the people and changing landscape of Britain. It aims to bring people and events to life and set them in a historical context. This title explores Early Britain and readers can find out, amongst other things, why Stonehenge was built, who the Romans and Vikings were, what the Domesday Book was, and how the Battle of Hastings changed the face of Britain.

Biographies of apparent wonder-workers, some of whom were masters of illusion and some of whom actually claimed to have psychic powers, including Daniel Home, Harry Houdini, and Edgar Cayce.