Companion to British History
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The Companion to British History (ISBN 978-0-9560983-0-6) is a single-volume encyclopaedic reference work "bigger than a foundation stone, longer than the Bible" (The Daily Telegraph) written by Charles Arnold-Baker and in 1966 edited by his son Henry von Blumenthal, who, as proprietor of Longcross Press, published the first and third editions. It was described as "arguably one of the most remarkable books ever written".[1] The second edition was by Routledge.
References[]
- ^ "One-man triumph". The Spectator. January 28, 2009.
External links[]
- An account of how the book came to be written and published in The Daily Telegraph
Categories:
- British non-fiction literature
- United Kingdom history book stubs
- Encyclopedia stubs