Simon Wood's votes on the list British History

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1	The Making of the English Working Class by E.P. Thompson 4.21 avg rating — 3,697 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Condition of the Working Class in England by Friedrich Engels 4.03 avg rating — 3,665 ratings Simon added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution by Christopher Hill 4.13 avg rating — 1,411 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Enemy Within: The Secret War Against the Miners by Seumas Milne 4.15 avg rating — 323 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Liberty Against the Law: Some Seventeenth-Century Controversies by Christopher Hill 3.94 avg rating — 63 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The People's War: Britain, 1939 - 1945 by Angus Calder 4.19 avg rating — 105 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India During World War II by Madhusree Mukerjee 4.19 avg rating — 971 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes by Jonathan Rose 4.31 avg rating — 274 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Customs in Common: Studies in Traditional Popular Culture by E.P. Thompson 4.22 avg rating — 224 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	British Imperialism: Innovation and Expansion 1688-1914 by P.J. Cain 4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	British Imperialism: Crisis and Deconstruction, 1914-1990 by P.J. Cain 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings Simon rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Century of Revolution, 1603-1714 by Christopher Hill 3.95 avg rating — 338 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Revolutionary Empire: The Rise of the English-Speaking Empire from the Fifteenth Century to the 1780s by Angus Calder 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens by Nicholas Shaxson 4.18 avg rating — 1,949 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Last Thousand Days of the British Empire: Churchill, Roosevelt, and the Birth of the Pax Americana by Peter Clarke 3.71 avg rating — 194 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Forging of the Modern State: Early Industrial Britain, 1783-1870 (2nd Edition) by Eric J. Evans 3.66 avg rating — 38 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Whigs and Hunters: The Origin of the Black Act by E.P. Thompson 4.21 avg rating — 158 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Five Giants: A Biography of the Welfare State by Nicholas Timmins 4.14 avg rating — 170 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	1940: Myth and Reality by Clive Ponting 4.02 avg rating — 44 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain by George Monbiot 3.96 avg rating — 462 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997 by Piers Brendon 3.92 avg rating — 707 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	NHS SOS by Raymond Tallis (Editor) 4.23 avg rating — 83 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Churchill by Clive Ponting 3.82 avg rating — 22 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Breach of Promise: Labour in Power 1964-70 by Clive Ponting 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	NHS plc: The Privatisation of Our Health Care by Allyson M. Pollock 3.83 avg rating — 71 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	London: A Social History by Roy Porter 3.76 avg rating — 317 ratings Simon rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Where the Other Half Lives: Lower Income Housing in a Neoliberal World by Sarah Glynn (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	London in the Nineteenth Century: A Human Awful Wonder of God by Jerry White 4.02 avg rating — 312 ratings Simon rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	God's Englishman: Oliver Cromwell and the English Revolution by Christopher Hill 3.84 avg rating — 409 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	No alternative? unemployment in Britain. by Sean Glynn it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class by Owen Jones 4.08 avg rating — 10,797 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Enlightenment: Britain and the Creation of the Modern World by Roy Porter 3.86 avg rating — 169 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Labouring Classes in Early Industrial England, 1750-1850 by John Rule 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Reformation to Industrial Revolution by Christopher Hill 3.89 avg rating — 65 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	English Society in the 18th Century by Roy Porter 3.78 avg rating — 483 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Puritanism and Revolution: Studies in Interpretation of the English Revolution of the 17th Century by Christopher Hill 3.73 avg rating — 67 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Lethal Work: A History of the Asbestos Tragedy in Scotland by Ronald Johnston (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	albion's people: english society, 1714-1815 by J. Rule 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Vital Century: England's Developing Economy, 1714-1815 by John Rule 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The First Industrial Nation: The Economic History of Britain 1700 - 1914 by Peter Mathias 4.11 avg rating — 47 ratings Simon rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The London Hanged: Crime and Civil Society in the Eighteenth Century by Peter Linebaugh 4.29 avg rating — 216 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Great Tax Robbery: How Britain Became a Tax Haven for Fat Cats and Big Business by Richard Brooks 3.89 avg rating — 130 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Mrs. Thatcher's economic experiment by William Keegan 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Nothing Like a Dame: The Scandals of Shirley Porter by Andrew Hosken 4.48 avg rating — 23 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain by Robert Winder 4.18 avg rating — 484 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Never Again: Britain 1945-51 by Peter Hennessy 3.97 avg rating — 95 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties by Peter Hennessy 3.71 avg rating — 92 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Pinochet in Piccadilly by Andy Beckett 4.04 avg rating — 51 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Plot Against the NHS by Colin Leys 3.90 avg rating — 31 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Crimean War: The Truth Behind the Myth by Clive Ponting 3.85 avg rating — 34 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume I: The Origins of Empire: British Overseas Enterprise to the Close of the Seventeenth Century Vol 1 by Nicholas Canny (Editor) 4.05 avg rating — 78 ratings Simon rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume II: The Eighteenth Century by Peter James Marshall (Editor) 4.10 avg rating — 51 ratings Simon rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Dark Heart by Nick Davies 4.30 avg rating — 198 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	British Imperial Century, 1815-1914: A World History Perspective by Timothy H. Parsons 3.31 avg rating — 42 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	One of Us: A Biography of Margaret Thatcher by Hugo Young 3.82 avg rating — 118 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	The Challenge of Democracy: Britain 1832-1918 by Hugh Cunningham 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings Simon rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	When the Lights Went Out: Britain in the Seventies by Andy Beckett 4.12 avg rating — 629 ratings Simon rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	So You Think You Know about Britain? by Danny Dorling 3.50 avg rating — 103 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya by Caroline Elkins 4.05 avg rating — 1,532 ratings Simon rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain’s White Slaves in America by Don Jordan 3.98 avg rating — 842 ratings Simon rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Bloody Nasty People: The Rise of Britain's Far Right by Daniel Trilling 3.88 avg rating — 143 ratings Simon rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion With Radical Islam by Mark Curtis 4.24 avg rating — 271 ratings Simon rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars