About the Book: The Discovery of Britain: An Accidental History
A surprising history of Britain, from 500 million BC to the next election
Graham Robb has found a new format for writing history just as Craig Brown found
a fresh way to write biography-Alan Johnson Taking the reader on a
time-travelling adventure around the 'spindly, sea-wracked islands we call home,
The Discovery of Britain is history thatspanoramic and intimate, poignant and
shocking, seriously funny, and enlightening in the most surprising way. In the
assured hands of the prize-winning author of The Discovery of France, and often
from the unique vantage point of his bicycle, we