The British Isles: A History of Four Nations

This is a unique account of the British Isles from pre-Roman times to the twentieth century, distinguished by its stress on the fact that English history forms only part of a wider 'history of four nations'. To ignore this dimension is to distort our view of the past and hinder our understanding of the present. Kearney's wide-ranging survey transforms and challenges traditional accounts of what constitutes national history.