From prehistoric England, Stonehenge and the Romans to modern times, discover the people, places and events that built a country. A concise but comprehensive guide to English history and how England has come to be what it is today.

Key events, people and places include:

The Anglo-Saxons and Vikings
1066, Battle of Hastings
Richard 1 and The Crusades
Henry VIII, Thomas More, The Spanish Armada, Gunpowder Plot
Cromwell
World Wars 1 and 2
The NHS
The 1953 Coronation
World Cup win
The Beatles
Margaret Thatcher
Princess Diana
Brexit

Beautifully produced, Collins Little Book of English History is a treasure in itself and makes a perfect gift for any visitor to England or enthusiast about its history.

Robert Peal is a history teacher at the West London Free School. Having gained a double first from the University of Cambridge, he studied for his masters at the University of Pennsylvania. Robert qualified as a teacher through Teach First, before working as an education research fellow for the think tank Civitas, and as a 'Teacher in Residence' at the Department for Education. He has a passion for teaching and learning about history, his first attempt at a history book was writing about a local Civil War battle site Basing House aged thirteen.