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Historical The Making of the Modern English State:1460-1660 by Philip Edwards $19.95 / Palgrave / 2001 This book is about the years between 1460 and 1660, when England clawed her way out of the Dark Ages to become a world power. Philip Edwards documents the period thoroughly, from the Wars of the Roses to the consolidation that followed the Civil Wars. Between these two watershed clashes lie the events that transformed England and her people from what some would call a barbaric hodge-podge into a mature, cultured, and powerful nation. Edwards chronicles all of this with the diligence we would expect of a professional historian. He gives solid accounts of important people and episodes, explains key relationships, and provides references for those who may want to check his sources. Moreover, his text is easy to understand and holds the reader's attention, especially when he assasses the likelihood of various theories and possibilities. The resukt is a lively blend of what happened, what may have happened, and what the participants were probably thinking. —C. Bruce Hunter

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