Northerners: The bestselling history of the North of England

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The north has exported some of sport’s biggest names and defined the sound of generations, from the Beatles to Britpop. Groom traces the history of England's northern region from the beginning of the Earth to the present day.

Also, more on some of the similarities with the rest of the UK, for example, I'm sure there were similarities in the development of cities like Bristol and Glasgow with Northern cities in the 19th century. And despite the negativity with which the book ends, the North is not doomed to repeat a cycle of failing to evaluate and learn from our history. It could hardly be more topical, given tensions over Brexit, the “red wall” and forces threatening to drive the country apart.So while interesting and informative tells us little more than a few facts we didn't previously know. Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). From the North-South divide to why the bloody hell people just used to kill each other all the time. I've read a decent amount of history, but this was the first time I read a history book about where I am from. Northumberland came close to being the capital of England and held a powerful position for centuries.

Groom sets out to create a proper history of the north of England and the people that identify as northerners.

It is a celebration of the diverse groups of people who have made the north their home as well as a recognition of the manifold events that have shaped not only the story of this region, but also that of the UK and beyond. A further, minor annoyance is the 'woke' language: things like the capitalisation of black, but not white, when referring to races, and BCE and CE over BC and AD.

To access your ebook(s) after purchasing, you can download the free Glose app or read instantly on your browser by logging into Glose. He gets to leap across centuries and pull together different parts of northern history which a narrower focus wouldn't allow. To have a book that condenses such a lengthy and tumultuous period of history into one volume will be welcomed by readers interested in the saga of this region. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

It starts well enough taking us from the early days up to the Industral Revolution, but then it rather loses its way, turning into a set of lists of people and events without enough linkages and commentary and gallops through the last twenty years. It started strong and I was fascinated by the accounts of how various kingdoms developed throughout the North, but eventually it just became a really long list of facts. I fear that in some sense the book wants to divide, that the author wants to leave us with uncertainty and open wounds rather than conclude with healing or at least aim towards it. There is a real difficulty in writing a separate history of the north, because the north is not separate from England.