Book review - "The History of Britain" by Simon Schama

Three books incorporating the history of Britain from, well, the beginning up until Winston Churchill and George Orwell (there is a brief bit bringing it up to date in the 90s but that's more epilogue-y). Schama is an excellent writer with a great gift for juicy story. Some things are really zipped over eg War of the Roses.

There was probably too much talk about buildings and the publication of books (do historians place undue emphasis on the power of books because they themselves are writers?). But a gripping, enthralling read.