THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The author of the celebrated bestseller The English and Their History puts Brexit in its historical context Geography comes before history.
For most of the 150 centuries during which Britain has been inhabited it has been on the edge, culturally and literal.
The United Kingdom is a European country, but not the same kind of European country as Germany, Poland or Hungary.
Islands cannot have the same history as continental plains.
THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The author of the celebrated bestseller The English and Their History puts Brexit in its historical context Geography comes before history