# Companion to British History

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1996 reference work by Charles Arnold-Baker

The ***Companion to British History*** is a single-volume [encyclopaedic reference](/source/Encyclopedia) work written by [Charles Arnold-Baker](/source/Charles_Arnold-Baker) and edited by his son Henry von Blumenthal.[1] It was published by Longcross Press in 1996, and described by *[The Spectator](/source/The_Spectator)* as "arguably one of the most remarkable books ever written".[2] The Second Edition was published by Routledge.[1] *[The Daily Telegraph](/source/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".[3]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_1-1) Arnold-Baker, Charles (30 July 2015). [*The Companion to British History*](https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781315681511/companion-british-history-charles-arnold-baker). Routledge. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.4324/9781315681511](https://doi.org/10.4324%2F9781315681511). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-315-68151-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-315-68151-1).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** De-Falbe, John (28 January 2009). ["One-man triumph"](https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/one-man-triumph/). *The Spectator*. Retrieved 12 December 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Grice, Elizabeth (30 May 2006). ["In the footsteps of Dr Johnson"](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3652762/In-the-footsteps-of-Dr-Johnson.html). *The Daily Telegraph*. Retrieved 12 December 2022.

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