Book Recommendation Requests > Andrew Carter’s Request

he said: " There are no good books which cover the entire span of time you're wanting. There are books which cover the entire span but that means they are modern/recent and therefore undistinguished and more like, "encyclopedia"-caliber writing. Not 'great' writing. There are great books written about early England; (such as The History of England by Macaulay) but these were themselves written in a period we now consider distant (such as the Victorian era). There are worthwhile books written which cover ea There are no good books which cover the entire span of time you're wanting. There are books which cover the entire span but that means they are modern/recent and therefore undistinguished and more like, "encyclopedia"-caliber writing. Not 'great' writing. There are great books written about early England; (such as The History of England by Macaulay) but these were themselves written in a period we now consider distant (such as the Victorian era). There are worthwhile books written which cover early English history adequately such as Winston Churchill's A History of the English Speaking Peoples, 4 Vols. Again, though--the writing is fine but will only cover history up to the remarkable mid-century point when England had its finest modern hour. Churchill naturally leads up to HIS era which HE participated in, and knows best. Get what I mean? No one is going to write about both a really interesting time (WWII) and whatever boring slop is going on at the moment, this year. So you need to assemble multiple sources. I've added Dangerfield's awesome work to help you with WWI and Victoriana. ...more "