Companion to British History
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The Companion to British History (ISBN 978-0-9560983-0-6) is a single-volume encyclopaedic reference work "bigger than a foundation stone, longer than the Bible" (Daily Telegraph) written by the sole hand of Charles Arnold-Baker
and originally published by his son Henry von Blumenthal
in 1996. It was described by The Spectator as "arguably one of the most remarkable books ever written". (see: http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/3299556/oneman-triumph.thtml) Later published by Routledge and most recently (November 2008) by Loncross Denholm Press (see http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/simonheffer/3918950/Christmas-is-the-time-to-revisit-our-obsession-with-the-past.html), the story of how the book came to be published became the subject of a feature article in the Daily Telegraph on May 30th., 2006 - see http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/05/30/bahistory.xml.
Charles Arnold-Baker
Charles Arnold-Baker, OBE, born Wolfgang Charles Werner von Blumenthal was an English barrister , an academic and a historian. He was the author of the Companion to British History...
and originally published by his son Henry von Blumenthal
Von Blumenthal
The von Blumenthal family are German nobility from Brandenburg-Prussia. Other, unrelated, families of this name exist in Switzerland and formerly in Russia, and many unrelated families called "Blumenthal" without "von" are to be found worldwide.The family was already noble from earliest times ,...
in 1996. It was described by The Spectator as "arguably one of the most remarkable books ever written". (see: http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/3299556/oneman-triumph.thtml) Later published by Routledge and most recently (November 2008) by Loncross Denholm Press (see http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/simonheffer/3918950/Christmas-is-the-time-to-revisit-our-obsession-with-the-past.html), the story of how the book came to be published became the subject of a feature article in the Daily Telegraph on May 30th., 2006 - see http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/05/30/bahistory.xml.