Part story, part scholarship, his eccentric history of England moves from the founding of the printing press into virtual reality, linking four journeys, separated by the centuries, of four great men. The history of great men loses its way in the stories of ordinary great-grandparents, grandparents ...

Part story, part scholarship, his eccentric history of England moves from the founding of the printing press into virtual reality, linking four journeys, separated by the centuries, of four great men. The history of great men loses its way in the stories of ordinary great-grandparents, grandparents and parents, including the historian's own.