Companion to British History

{{Short description|1996 reference work by Charles Arnold-Baker}} {{italic title}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} The '''''Companion to British History''''' is a single-volume [[Encyclopedia|encyclopaedic reference]] work written by [[Charles Arnold-Baker]] and edited by his son Henry von Blumenthal.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781315681511/companion-british-history-charles-arnold-baker |title=The Companion to British History |date=2015-07-30 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-315-68151-1 |doi=10.4324/9781315681511 |last1=Arnold-Baker |first1=Charles }}</ref> It was published by Longcross Press in 1996, and described by ''[[The Spectator]]'' as "arguably one of the most remarkable books ever written".<ref>{{Cite web |last=De-Falbe |first=John |date=2009-01-28 |title=One-man triumph |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/one-man-triumph/ |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=The Spectator}}</ref> The Second Edition was published by Routledge.<ref name=":0" /> ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', in an account of how the book came to be written, described it as being "bigger than a foundation stone, longer than the Bible".<ref>{{Cite web |author=Grice, Elizabeth |title=In the footsteps of Dr Johnson |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3652762/In-the-footsteps-of-Dr-Johnson.html |access-date=2022-12-12 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=30 May 2006 }}</ref>

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