• These Isles: A People’s History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
  • These Isles: A People’s History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
  • These Isles: A People’s History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
  • These Isles: A People’s History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
  • These Isles: A People’s History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
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These Isles: A People’s History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales

These Isles: A People’s History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales

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An inventive new look at the entwined histories of Britain and Ireland’s nations – and the people who have called them home.

Brian Groom, author of the bestselling Northerners, reveals a colourful and often-contested story of the Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Normans and others who have occupied these islands, along with their culture, languages and passions.

Groom explores the role of religion and the British Empire, international diasporas and internal migration, gender relations and war in this entertaining narrative.

With forays into popular culture, sport, music, language, literature and art, These Isles stretches from 800,000-year-old footprints on a Norfolk beach to the changing fortunes of the early 21st century. It offers a uniquely rich and kaleidoscopic vision of the shared stories of people across Britain and Ireland – past and present.

Brian Groom

Author, journalist and expert on British regional and national affairs. Worked for almost three decades at the Financial Times, where he did many of the top writing and editing jobs, including comment and analysis editor and political editor. Also former editor of Scotland on Sunday, which he launched as deputy editor and which won many awards. Educated at Manchester Grammar School and Balliol College, Oxford, where he got a first-class BA in English Language and Literature. Originally from Stretford, Lancashire (now part of Greater Manchester), he returned to live in the north – in Saddleworth, south Pennines – in 2015. He has a lifelong interest in history.

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