The Four Nations

"In The Four Nations, Frank Welsh offers a lively narrative history of the four component parts of the British Isles - England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Moving from the Roman period, which first defined many of the current internal boundaries, through the present day, Welsh describes the history of each nation, their interactions, and the impacts of crises ranging from the Norman Invasion to the Protestant Reformation to the two world wars of the twentieth century. Along the way, Welsh questions many cherished illusions and poses some awkward questions: to what extent were Scotland, Ireland, and Wales victims of predatory English aggression? How serious is the frequently invoked specter of national fragmentation?"--Jacket.

First sentence: TAXES AND HOT BATHS, bishops and apricots, central heating and notebooks, tiles and coinage, surgery and rabbits, all came to Britain with the Romans.

Year

2002

Language

English

Publisher

Yale University Press

Editions

7

Pages

536

ISBN

9780300093742

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