This celebrated study, first published in 1951, offers a reinterpretation of the writings and attitudes of Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon (1609-74), best known for his History of the Rebellion and the Civil War and his autobiography, which presents an excellent record of the English Civil War. Mr. Wormald reconstructs the attitudes of this controversial figure toward the earth-shaking events of the war and what made him change his ideas. His answers reverse the traditional view of Hyde's thought.

Hugh Kearney's classic account of the history of the British Isles from pre-Roman times to the present is distinguished by its treatment of English history as part of a wider 'history of four nations'. Not only focusing on England, it attempts to deal with the histories of Wales, Ireland and Scotland in their own terms, whilst recognising that they too have political, religious and cultural divides. This new edition endeavours to recognise and examine contemporary multi-ethnic Britain and its implications for 'four-nations' history, making it an invaluable case study for European nationhood of the past and present. Thoroughly updated throughout to take into account recent social, political and cultural changes within Britain and examine the rise of multi-ethnic Britain, this revised edition also contains a completely new set of illustrations, including sixteen maps.

En esta extensa y bien ilustrada historia de las Islas Britanicas, desde los tiempos prerromanos hasta el siglo XX, Hugh Kearney intenta demostrar que la historia de Inglaterra, si bien de gran importancia, es solo un componente de una historia de mayor envergadura, una 'historia de cuatro naciones'. Por ejemplo, la emigracion en el desarrollo historico de Canada, Australia, Nueva Zelanda y Estados Unidos provenia de las Islas Britanicas en su totalidad, no solamente de Inglaterra. El profesor Kearney mantiene que no tener en cuenta esta dimension de mas alcance puede deformar nuestra vision del pasado y obstaculizar nuestra comprension del presente.