A History of Britain by Simon Schama

...Schama. Forces of Nature. Why the British proved immune to the siren call of liberty, equality and fraternity.

...Schama. Victoria and Her Sisters. Looking at the social and economic changes which took place during Queen Victoria's reign.

...Schama. The Empire of Good Intentions. How the liberal politics and free-market economics of the British Empire unravelled.

...Schama. The Two Winstons. Examining the 20th century through the lives of Winston Churchill and George Orwell.