A History of England (1997 2002) is a series of reprints of twelve classic, magisterial volumes of different periods of English history, together constituting a continuous history from ancient Roman times to the end of the 20th century. The volumes were selected by, and under the general editorship of, British historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, and published by the Folio Society.

Fernandez-Armesto made his choices on the basis of variety and from among historians eminent in their day and influential since . They are not meant to be consistent or even compatible , but are all likely to endure .

The twelve volumes

1. A History of England, Volume I: Britannia, a History of Roman Britain by Sheppard Frere (1999); 431 pages

• Original publication date: 1967; Folio Society edition is a reprint of the 3rd (1987) edition (with further revisions and a new forward).

2. A History of England, Volume II: Anglo-Saxon England by Peter Hunter Blair (1997); Introduction by Simon Keynes; 364 pages

• Original publication date: 1956 (as An Introduction to Anglo-Saxon England); Folio Society edition is a reprint of the 2nd (1977) edition with augmented bibliography.

3. A History of England, Volume III: Early Medieval England by M.T. Clanchy (1997); 452 pages

• Original publication date: 1984; Folio Society edition is a reprint of the ?th (19??) edition.

4. A History of England, Volume IV: England in the Later Middle Ages by M.H. Keen (1997); 534 pages

• Original publication date: 1973; Folio Society edition is a reprint of the ?th (19??) edition.

5. A History of England, Volume V: England Under the Tudors by G.R. Elton (1997); 518 pages

• Original publication date: 1955; Folio Society edition is a reprint of the 3rd (1991) edition with emendations .

6. A History of England, Volume VI: England Under the Stuarts by George Macaulay Trevelyan (1999); 503 pages

• Original publication date: 19??; Folio Society edition is a reprint of the ?th (19??) edition.

7. A History of England, Volume VII: England in the Eighteenth Century by Roy Porter (1998); 528 pages

• Original publication date: 1982; Folio Society edition is a reprint of the ?th (1990) edition.

8. A History of England, Volume VIII: England in the Age of Improvement 1783-1867 by Asa Briggs (2002); 498 pages

• Original publication date: 19?59 Folio Society edition is a reprint of the 2nd (2000) edition.

9. A History of England, Volume IX: Victorian England by G.M. Young (2002); 542 pages

• Original publication date: 1934; Folio Society edition is a reprint of the ?th (1965) edition

10. A History of England: Volume X: Edwardian England by Elie Halevy (1999); 535 pages

• Original publication date: 1931-32; Folio Society edition is a reprint of the ?th (19??) edition.

11. A History of England, Volume XI: England 1914-1945 by A.J.P. Taylor (2000); ??? pages

• Original publication date: 19??; Folio Society edition is a reprint of the ?th (19??) edition.

12. A History of England, Volume XII: England 1945-2000 by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto (2001); Foreword by Roy Jenkins; 623 pages

• Original publication date: 19??; Folio Society edition is a reprint of the ?th (19??) edition.

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