David Cannadine

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1. David Cannadine

   Author of The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy, Ornamentalism: How the British Saw Their Empire, History in Our Time

2. Niall Ferguson

   Author of Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power, The Pity of War, The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700-2000

3. E. J. Hobsbawm

   Author of The Age of Empire: 1875-1914, Nations and Nationalism Since 1780, Interesting Times: A Twentieth-Century Life

4. Ron Chernow

   Author of Alexander Hamilton, Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family

5. H. W. Brands

   Author of Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times, Traitor to His Class, The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream

6. Robert A. Caro

   Author of Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson

7. C. V. Wedgwood

   Author of The Thirty Years War, The King's Peace, 1637-1641, The King's War, 1641-1647

8. Robert Graves

   Author of The Long Week-End: A Social History of Great Britain 1918-1939, Caligula (Pocket Penguins 70's)

9. Linda Colley

   Author of Britons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837, Captives: Britain, Empire, and the World, 1600-1850

10. Lawrence James

    Author of The Rise and Fall of the British Empire, Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India, Warrior Race: A History of the British at War

11. A. N. Wilson

    Author of The Victorians, After the Victorians

12. Jan Morris

    Author of Farewell The Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat, Oxford, Fisher's Face

13. David Nasaw

    Author of Andrew Carnegie

14. Roy Porter

    Author of The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity, English Society in the Eighteenth Century, Second Edition, London: A Social History

15. Antonia Fraser

    Author of Cromwell, Our Chief of Men, King Charles II

16. Simon Schama

    Author of The Bastille Falls

17. Gervase Phinn

    Author of The School Inspector Calls (Pocket Penguins)

18. Edward W. Said

    Author of Orientalism, Culture and Imperialism

19. Asa Briggs

    Author of A Social History of England, Victorian People: A Reassessment of Persons and Themes, 1851-67, Victorian Cities

20. Tony Harrison

    Author of Under the Clock (Pocket Penguins 70's S.)