Simon Heffer

Full steam ahead

The latest volume of Peter Ackroyd’s absorbing history of England begins with the Glorious Revolution, takes in the French Revolution and climaxes with the Industrial Revolution

issue 19 November 2016

  • Revolution: A History of England, Volume IV

    Peter Ackroyd

    Macmillan, pp. 352

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