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Simon Jenkins is the author of the bestselling A Short History of England, also published by Profile, A Short History of Europe and many other bestsellers. Until 2014, he was chairman of the National Trust. A former editor of The Times and Evening Standard, he is a columnist for the Guardian.Simon Jenkins, as ever, writes with clarity and insight
- Gerard DeGroot, The Times
Jenkins has a journalist's ear for the outrageous
- John Carey, Sunday Times
There's much here to interest and stimulate
- Ewen A Cameron, Literary Review
Comprehensive and informative
- Alastair Mabbott, Herald
Particularly good ... The old familiar identities of English, Scots, Welsh and Irish are not what they used to be
- Allan Massie, Scotsman
Hugely important to the history of the British Isles yet commonly misunderstood and neglected by contemporary audiences, the story of the Celts is finally told in a coherent and engaging fashion by the bestselling author of A Short History of England
Waterstones Best Books of 2022: History
Praise for A Short History of England:
'A lucid and handsomely illustrated narrative
Times
Jenkins is one of the liveliest commentators at work in Britain, always worth reading and pleasingly contrarian
- Jeremy Paxman, Guardian
This is traditional, kings-and-things, great-men history with all its dates and famous quotations in place ... Jenkins has a newspaper columnist's aphoristic verve
Spectator
A characteristically bold, wry, fluent, combative gallop through English history
- Max Hastings,
Full of good writing and lively anecdotes ... Food for thought
New Statesman
Immediately accessible
Prospect
Where Jenkins excels is in his very journalistic approach ... The historical events are joined up, and work as narrative
Time Out