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The changing story of the British Isles forms the central theme of this fascinating and compelling atlas, which covrs England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales - and the expansion and gradual disintegration of Brim's overseas empire. This new edition includes:

• Politics - from the Saxon kingdoms and the collapse of Britain's French Empire to Jacobites, Parliamentary Reform, the Commonwealth and Europe, the European Union
• War and Conflict - from Viking attacks and the Norman Invasion to the Armada, two World Wars and the end of empire, the Falklands War, the Iraq War, British forces overseas 
• Trade and Industry - from the post-Norman economy and Tudor trade to industrial unrest and the opening of international trade routes, imports and exports, arms sales 
• Religion - from the Saxon Church to the Reformation to modern times 
• Society and Economics - from civilian life in Roman Britain to the Industrial and Agricultural revolutions, the General Strike and the growth of universities, unemployment, homelessness, government expenditure, overseas aid 
• Immigration - the growth of immigrant communities, and the wide range of countries from which immigrants came, citizenship applications 

Sir Martin Gilbert is one of the leading historians of his generation. An Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, he is the official biographer of Winston Churchill as well as the author of the single volume Churchill: A Life and the twin volumes First World War and Second World War.