The first three volumes of the History by Sir Lewis Namier and John Brooke cover the period from 1754 to 1790.
Herbert Butterfield
Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge considers its importance as a contribution to historical studies
He thinks that It is a ' germinal thing ' but he criticises Its lack of concern with the development of politics, ' the kind of politics that can only be told in the form at narrative.'