Description: A comprehensive history of parliament in the British Isles from the earliest times, covering all aspects of parliament as an institution.
Brief description: Bob Harris is Professor of British History, University of Oxford, and Harry Pitt Fellow in History, Worcester College, Oxford. He is the author of several books, including The Scottish People and the French Revolution; Politics and the Nation: Britain in the Mid Eighteenth Century and (with Charles McKean) The Scottish Town in the Age of the Enlightenment, winner of the Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year and Research Book of the Year for 2014.
Review Quotes: A scholarly and very informative history, A Short History of Parliament is a top and must have [addition] to any college history collection.-- "BOOKWATCH"