This is one of those books you can pick up whenever you have a spare minute or two, and walk away having learned another interesting piece of history to share with others. No in-depth scholarship, just quick and easy to understand facts.

Ingenious Britain - 101 Innovations that Changed the World by Steven A T Williams is a delightfully enlightening read about Britain's dynamic and sometimes not so dynamic contributions to the modern world

Williams presents the facts in an engaging and affable way, almost as if you are chatting with a friend and this is exactly the right tone for a book of this nature. It goes beyond trivia and into the realm of interesting information, exploring each innovation, how it came to be, who created it, why they did so and the impact it had. Such as the first factory was built in Derby by John Lombe over 300 years ago and the building is still there today. Another example is the invention of the friction match, whereby a London Chemist, Samuel Jones, expanded on the work by French chemist Jean Chancel into self-combusting chemicals and made an invention that endures to this day.

The layout makes for easy reference, each section full of fascinating innovations. A wonderful book for lovers of trivia, but moreso, for lovers of history Very well written, I absolutely loved this book

Thank you to Netgalley, Pen & Sword, Pen & Sword History and the incredible author Steven A T Williams for this fascinating ARC. My review is left voluntarily and all opinions are my own