Reviews

The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain by

mrjabba's review against another edition

from college

lirael83's review against another edition

2.0

10 authors and not a single female Historian? Really you couldn't manage to find one? Not just that, but four of the authors are called John! Different, separate John's. Still no woman to be found?
For the most part a reasonably interesting read.
However, a few things, first off the women...it's not just the authorship, there is very little mentioned about women in general, Queen's Anne and Victoria get very brief mentions and they were the rulers of their individual times.
Mostly politico-economic history and it can be dry on occasion. Very little social history. I just feel that they missed out on several opportunities to make a really interesting baseline history book. Far too many things left out and others alluded to, so unless you already know...good luck.

nathan_hetrick's review against another edition

4.0

I read this book in order to better understand British history, as I consider it one of my weak areas. This is written as a college textbook, with a different author for each period of history. The writing was a bit uneven (some chapters were more interesting than others), but I cannot really judge on the accuracy overall of the content. A good primer that takes some commitment to read through the entire book.

nutella2222's review against another edition

2.0

Very dry and dense making it hard to get through. Some parts drew me in only to move onto a less interesting topic (such as economics and intricacies regarding politics)

vesper1931's review against another edition

4.0

An interesting set of essays detailing British history up to the twentieth century.