This Sceptred Isle

By: Christopher Lee

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Paperback | 23 June 2025 | Edition Number 1

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640 Pages

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"Fully updated volume charting 2000 years of British history from best-selling
author Christopher Lee

What is Britishness? What allowed one small island group to rule a quarter of
the world and, even today, to have the most spoken language after Chinese? What
makes Americans admire the guts, traditions and loyalties of these island
Anglo-Saxon and Celtic peoples? What is it that makes cynical Europeans and
once-dominated Asians look to the British for opinion, literature, social norms
and justice? The answers lie within the creation of British institutions, both
Commoner and Aristocracy, during the past 2,000 years.

Following the thought-provoking style of the original This Sceptred
Isle, this new volume brings to life the character and frustrations so
carefully studied by allies and enemies for twenty-one centuries - from Romans
to al-Qaeda. Here Lee makes all the connections with institutions and changing
industrial and social characteristics that even show us that Britishness is not
exclusively British.

At a time when a major section of the British, the English, appear to be less
and less sure who they are and who they are meant to be, This Sceptred
Isle confirms who it is the British really are."

Industry Reviews

Has there ever been a more user-friendly means to the history of Britain? - Spectator

A tour de force - Daily Express

A staggering achievement that is not only readable and interesting but user-friendly. - The Observer

Extraordinary and compelling history ... Amazing stuff: insightful, accessible and hugely addictive ... It makes you begin to understand your place in the chronological scheme of things. - Time Out

Thought provoking ... selective but objective, it interprets without being unduly opinionated. - Daily Mail

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