Beautifully illustrated with color pictures, chronological charts, royal genealogies, and maps, this popular history of English politics, economics, and culture from the Neolithic to the 1990s is an excellent traveler's companion. Hibbert, a masterful storyteller, relates anecdotes that bring history to life in this concise, highly readable introduction to England's past.  (GBR02, $14.95)

London
Oxford, Stratford & the Cotswolds
The Lake District
England
Devon & Cornwall, the West Country
London