World’s Story Volume X: England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales

The tenth volume of Tappan's ambitious chronicle traces the turbulent story of the British Isles from the Stuart Restoration through the dawn of the twentieth century. Here history breathes through primary sources: the courtroom drama of King Charles I's trial, the bitter verses of Irish famine, the rollicking ballads of Scottish moors, and the ancient legends that still haunt Welsh valleys. Students encounter not merely the arc of empire but the texture of daily life, the cadences of voices long silent, the stories a people told themselves about who they were and where they came from. From Cromwell's commonwealth to Victoria's reign, from the legends of Cuchulain to the stirring rhymes of Robert Burns, this collection illuminates how a nation remembers itself. Ideal for students, educators, and anyone who wants to hear history speak in its own voice.