349 pages, plus index, illustrated. Overseas customers please note the book is heavy and will attract additional postage. "Carries the reader from prehistoric times to the 1980s, and incorporates the research findings of recent years about the society, politics, demography and economic life of the English people." "Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs was an English historian. He was a leading specialist on the Victorian era, and the foremost historian of broadcasting in Britain. Briggs achieved international recognition during his long and prolific career for examining various aspects of modern British history." (Wikipedia)