
Synopsis
'Graham Robb has found a new format for writing history just as Craig Brown found a fresh way to write biography' – Alan Johnson
'Robb tumbles into British history with an infectious enthusiasm . . . immensely entertaining' – Chris Bryant, author of The Glamour Boys
Taking you on a time-travelling adventure around the 'spindly, sea-wracked islands' we call home, The Discovery...
Details
464 pages
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Robb tumbles into British history with an infectious enthusiasm . . . immensely entertainingChris Bryant, author of The Glamour Boys
A dazzling and dizzyingly wonderful roam through Britain's past. This is history writing as you've never read it before – enchanting and truly exciting'Jack Cornish, author of The Lost Paths
Engagingly rediscovers Britain's past in unexpected ways, melding memory and observation with history and geographyBrian Groom, author of Made in Manchester
A history where everything is somehow still present and all at once, colourful and jostling along, like a tapestry that draws you closeGarrett Carr, author of The Boy from the Sea