Cannadine, David

Cannadine has written a quick-paced, comprehensive account of 19th-century Britain, with recommendations for further reading. For fans of the period and most history collections.

Cannadine writes with great clarity and subtlety, and while the persuasiveness of his thesis is not assured, he is certainly clear-eyed about the case he makes for human commonality. There's something here for any serious student of history to find insightful (or dubious); such readers will thrill at Cannadine's erudition, logic, and prose.