British History

Topics (13)

• 1
  Tudor England
• 2
  The Stuart Period
• 3
  Industrial Revolution
• 4
  Victorian Era
• 5
  20th Century Britain
• 6
  The Glorious Revolution (1688)

  Causes, results; William III, Mary II and Queen Anne.

• 7
  Hanoverian Era (1714-1790)

  Jacobite rebellions, Robert Walpole and the Whig Oligarchy, American War of Independence.

• 8
  The French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars

  Britain and the Napoleonic Wars and their impact on Britain.

• 9
  Edwardian Era (1901-1910)

  Domestic and foreign policies; origins of the Labour Party.

• 10
  Britain, World War I and its Aftermath

  Peace settlement, League of Nations, Great Depression, appeasement and rearmament.

• 11
  Britain, World War II and its Aftermath

  War conferences, creation of the UN, Labour Government reforms.

• 12
  Great Britain and Cold War

  Commonwealth, NATO, decolonization of the Empire, EEC and internal policies.

• 13
  Thatcherism to Cameron (1979-2012)

  Falklands War, John Major, EU formation, New Labour, 2008 Crisis, Cameron reforms.

The reading list straight from FPSC's revised British History syllabus. Build your core preparation around these texts — examiner-favoured references that questions are routinely drawn from.

1. 1

   The Conservative Party from Peel to Thatcher

   Robert Blake

2. 2

   A New History of England, 410-1975

   Pergamum Press

3. 3

   Trends in British Politics Since 1945

   Chris Cook and John Ramsden (eds.)

4. 4

   The Hanoverians, 1714-1815

   V.H. Green

5. 5

   The People's Peace: British History 1945-1990

   Kenneth O. Morgan

6. 6

   Textbook of Modern English History 1714-1960

   G.W.A. Southgate

7. 7

   English History, 1914-1945

   A.J.P. Taylor

8. 8

   Europe Since Napoleon

   David Thompson

9. 9

   English Social History

   G.M. Trevelyan

10. 10

    Britain and Empire

    L.J. Butler

11. 11

    Democracy: Great Britain 1815-1914

    Michael Bentley

12. 12

    England in the Eighteenth Century

    W.T. Selley

13. 13

    History of Britain

    E.H. Carter

14. 14

    Mastering Modern British History

    Norman Lowe

15. 15

    The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848-1918

    A.J.P. Taylor