Pelican History of England


The Pelican History of England is a book series on English history published under the mass-market Pelican Books imprint of Penguin Books between 1950 and 1965. It was subsequently revised and reprinted in numerous editions and the series is said to have "shaped the historical thinking of generations". The series editor was G. M. Trevelyan and the contributors to the series were strongly influenced by the "Whig" view of history which Trevelyan shared.
The series comprised:
In many of the studies, England was often substituted for Britain or the United Kingdom to produce a cohesive view of the past. The Penguin History of Britain, published in nine volumes over 1996–2018, is intended to supersede the "now dated" series.