Author(s): Various

Folio Society | Secondhand

A History of England (1997–2002) is a series of reprints of twelve classic, magisterial volumes of different periods of English history, together constituting a continuous history from ancient Roman times to the end of the 20th century. The volumes were selected by, and under the general editorship of, British historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, each volume is well written with a good history of that period and is illustrated with photos, maps & charts etc.

The collection contains;

Britannia: A History of Roman Britain by Sheppard Frere;

Anglo-Saxon Britain by Peter Hunter Blair;

Early Medieval England by M.T. Clanchy ;

England in the Late Middle Ages by M.H. Keen;( not included here)

England under the Tudors by G.R. Elton ;( not included here)

England under the Stuarts by George. Macaulay Trevelyan;

England in the Eighteenth Century by Roy Porter ;

England in the Age of Improvement by Asa Briggs;

Victorian England by G.M. Young;

Edwardian England by Elie Halevy;

England 1914-1945 by A.J.P. Taylor;

England 1945-2000 by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto.

Noted that this is a set of 10 volumes, which is not complete.  The missing two volumes are England in the Late Middle Ages and England under the Tudors.

All were published between 1997-2002 with various printing, and all in near fine condition with very good slipcase.