I’ve always been interested in history but didn’t want to sparse through all the details. The concept and format of this book appealed to me for that reason. I liked that through the chunks of information I was able to piece together a larger narrative. It was easy to read a bit and then come back later. This book made history more approachable.

This is such a brilliant way to learn about British history in a digestible way. I read it in snippets and found it really interesting!

I'm a huge history fan but often find books quite difficult to read. I loved the structure of this and learned lots too.

**I received and voluntarily read an e-ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.**

I love history, so I jumped at the opportunity to learn more by reading and reviewing this book. Even though I'm American, history from around the world intrigues me.

My plan was to read individual sections in between tasks. I had hoped that with such short chapters that the author would be able to keep the information from being too dry. Unfortunately, it was still a little too dry for my taste. The length of the chapters helped, but didn't really stop me from getting bored- with that being the case, I ended up just skimming the entire book in two sittings.

I think tons of photos and maps would have made this book sit better with me. After all, this is the smart phone generation, our attention spans are not what they used to be.

Overall, good information and I learned some new things, but this book just wasn't for me.

I’ve been on a quite a history binge lately and books like this make me wish I had better history teachers. This was well written, easy to digest and doesn’t beat around the bush and cater to one side. Really enjoyed the experience of reading it!

This book was more detailed and informative than I expected! The chunks are indeed bite-sized, although some are a little longer than others. The book follows a chronological order, but it’s one you can definitely pick up and dive into at any page – in fact, I think I preferred reading it that way (and slowly) because, despite the bite-size format, the amount of information became a little overwhelming. The writing also dragged on a little. 

I thought the layout could have been better – more spacing or reference photos to separate the large amount of text. Photos, in particular, could have enhanced the reading experience especially for those who don’t know which sites and locations are being referred to by the author.

History becomes accessible when people can relate to the person telling them about it.  By bringing the “ordinary” person’s perspective to bear, this book goes beyond the transitional focus on the famous and powerful people and gives insight into what Britain may have been like for anyone.  A good overview of key historical events, this book is one you can dip into over time rather than having to read in one go.