Norman Stone | The Makers of English History: Forty-Five Great English Men and Women
- What has made English history what it is? Who are its leading characters? This book examines these questions by presenting the lives of 45 extraordinary individuals who have contributed the most to England's history, whether in art, politics, economics or the armed forces. They include not only the traditional giants of English history, such as Alfred the Great, William Shakespeare and Winston Churchill, but also less familiar figures like the 14th-century financier William de la Pole and Virginia Woolf.