The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places

The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places is Neil's very personal account of what makes these islands so special, told through the places that have witnessed the unfolding of our history. Beginning wit footprints made in the mud by humankind's earliest ancestors, he takes us via Romans and Vikings, the flowering of Christianity, through civil war industrial revolution and two world wars. From windswept headlands to battlefields, ancient trees to magnificent cathedrals, in each of his destinations is a place where, somehow, the spirit of the past still lingers.

Beautifully written, this book is majestic, awe-inspiring, a kaleidoscopic history of a place with a story like no other.