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“... there stretches a long period of which the history cannot be written.’ In How England Began, Nicholas Higham takes a less pessimistic view. Bringing together decades of research, he gives as complete an account as is possible of the transition from Roman to British to Anglo-Saxon England. It’s an impressive demonstration of how far the discipline ...”

“... the titles of our books,’ David Dumville wrote in 1977; and he was backed up by, for instance, J.N.L. Myres in 1986: ‘No figure on the borderline of history and mythology has wasted more of the historian’s time.’ In his new book, Nicholas Higham cites neither opinion but certainly knows of them, and indeed, in ...”

“... The British​ royal family traces its descent from the Norman Conquest; the numbering of monarchs dates from 1066. That Charles III’s great-uncle was the eighth King Edward, for instance, ignores Edward the Confessor, despite William the Conqueror claiming the throne as his kinsman as well as by his royal gift. From this perspective, the kingdom of England began in 1066 ...”