The first volume - The Birth of Britain - tells the story of the formation of the British state, from the arrival of Julius Caesar and the Roman Empire through the invasions of the Vikings and the Normans, the signing of the Magna Carta and establishment of the mother of parliaments to the War of the Roses.
Chapter 9. THE NORMAN INVASION
Chapter 10. WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
Chapter 11. GROWTH AMID TURMOIL
Chapter 13. THE ENGLISH COMMON LAW
Chapter 17. THE MOTHER OF PARLIAMENTS
Chapter 20. SCOTLAND AND IRELAND
Chapter 23. KING RICHARD II AND THE SOCIAL REVOLT
Chapter 24. THE USURPATION OF HENRY BOLINGBROKE
Chapter 25. THE EMPIRE OF HENRY V
Chapter 27. YORK AND LANCASTER
Chapter 28. THE WARS OF THE ROSES
Chapter 29. THE ADVENTURES OF EDWARD IV