A History of England
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A History of England is a series of reprints of twelve classic, magisterial volumes of different periods of English history, together constituting a continuous history from ancient Roman times to the end of the 20th century. The volumes were selected by, and under the General Editorship of, British historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Felipe Fernández-Armesto is a British historian and author of several popular works of history.He was born in London, his father was the Spanish journalist Felipe Fernández Armesto and his mother was Betty Millan de Fernandez-Armesto, a British-born journalist and co-founder and editor of The...

 and published by the Folio Society
Folio Society
The Folio Society is a book club based in London that produces new editions of classic books. Their books are notable for their high quality bindings and original illustrations...

.

Fernandez-Armesto made his choices on the basis of “variety” and from among historians “eminent in their day and influential since”. They are “not meant to be consistent or even compatible”, but are all “likely to endure”.

The twelve volumes are:

1. A History of England, Volume I: Britannia, a History of Roman Britain by Sheppard Frere
Sheppard Frere
Professor Sheppard Sunderland Frere, CBE, FSA, FBA is a former British historian and archaeologist who studied the Roman Empire.-Biography:...

 (1999); 431 pages
  • Original publication date: 1967; Folio Society edition is a reprint of the 3rd (1987) edition (with further revisions and a new forward).


2. A History of England, Volume II: Anglo-Saxon England by Peter Hunter Blair
Peter Hunter Blair
Peter Hunter Blair was an English academic and historian specializing in the Anglo-Saxon period. In 1969 he married Pauline Clarke. She edited his Anglo-Saxon Northumbria in 1984....

 (1997); Introduction by Simon Keynes
Simon Keynes
Simon Douglas Keynes MA, PhD, Litt.D, FBA is the current Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic at Cambridge University.-Biography:...

; 364 pages
  • Original publication date: 1956 (as An Introduction to Anglo-Saxon England); Folio Society edition is a reprint of the 2nd (1977) edition with augmented bibliography.


3. A History of England, Volume III: Early Medieval England by M.T. Clanchy (1997); 452 pages
  • Original publication date: 19??; Folio Society edition is a reprint of the ?th (19??) edition.


4. A History of England, Volume IV: England in the Later Middle Ages by M.H. Keen (1997); 534 pages
  • Original publication date: 1973; Folio Society edition is a reprint of the ?th (19??) edition.


5. A History of England, Volume V: England Under the Tudors by G.R. Elton (1997); 518 pages
  • Original publication date: 1955; Folio Society edition is a reprint of the 3rd (1991) edition “with emendations”.


6. A History of England, Volume VI: England Under the Stuarts by George Macaulay Trevelyan (1999); 503 pages
  • Original publication date: 19??; Folio Society edition is a reprint of the ?th (19??) edition.


7. A History of England, Volume VII: England in the Eighteenth Century by Roy Porter
Roy Porter
Roy Sydney Porter was a British historian noted for his prolific work on the history of medicine.-Life:...

 (1998); 528 pages
  • Original publication date: 19??; Folio Society edition is a reprint of the ?th (19??) edition.


8. A History of England, Volume VIII: England in the Age of Improvement 1783-1867 by Asa Briggs (2002); 498 pages
  • Original publication date: 19??; Folio Society edition is a reprint of the ?th (19??) edition.


9. A History of England, Volume IX: Victorian England by G.M. Young (2002); 542 pages
  • Original publication date: 19??; Folio Society edition is a reprint of the ?th (19??) edition


10. A History of England: Volume X: Edwardian England by Elie Halevy
Élie Halévy
Élie Halévy was a French philosopher and historian who wrote studies of the British utilitarians, a history of 19th-century England and the acclaimed book of essays, Era of Tyrannies.-Biography:...

 (1999); 535 pages
  • Original publication date: 19??; Folio Society edition is a reprint of the ?th (19??) edition.


11. A History of England, Volume XI: England 1914-1945 by A.J.P. Taylor (2000); ??? pages
  • Original publication date: 19??; Folio Society edition is a reprint of the ?th (19??) edition.


12. A History of England, Volume XII: England 1945-2000 by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Felipe Fernández-Armesto is a British historian and author of several popular works of history.He was born in London, his father was the Spanish journalist Felipe Fernández Armesto and his mother was Betty Millan de Fernandez-Armesto, a British-born journalist and co-founder and editor of The...

 (2001); Foreword by Roy Jenkins
Roy Jenkins
Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead OM, PC was a British politician.The son of a Welsh coal miner who later became a union official and Labour MP, Roy Jenkins served with distinction in World War II. Elected to Parliament as a Labour member in 1948, he served in several major posts in...

; 623 pages
  • Original publication date: 19??; Folio Society edition is a reprint of the ?th (19??) edition.
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