great series; not sure but the illustrations and photos may be the best part

See my review of Schama's A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World? 3500 BC-Ad 1603. His depiction of the disastrous British contretemps in America from 1775 to 1815 is worth the price of this volume alone.

please see Schama, the Wars of the British.

A People's history of the British Isles. Ambition, immense, and enlightening.