Companion to British History


The Companion to British History is a single-volume encyclopaedic reference work "bigger than a foundation stone, longer than the Bible" written by Charles Arnold-Baker and in 1966 edited by his son Henry von Blumenthal, who, as proprietor of Longcross Press, published the first and third editions. It was described as "arguably one of the most remarkable books ever written". The second edition was by Routledge.