Simon Jenkins is the author of the bestselling A Short History of England, also published by Profile, A Short History of Europe and many other bestsellers. Until 2014, he was chairman of the National Trust. A former editor of The Times and Evening Standard, he is a columnist for the Guardian.
'Simon Jenkins, as ever, writes with clarity and insight' - Gerard DeGroot 'Jenkins has a journalist's ear for the outrageous' - John Carey 'There's much here to interest and stimulate' - Ewen A Cameron 'Comprehensive and informative' - Alastair Mabbott 'Particularly good ... The old familiar identities of English, Scots, Welsh and Irish are not what they used to be' - Allan Massie