Historians, Politicians and StudentsKenneth O. Morgan, described as ‘Wales’s greatest living historian’, is a prolific and highly respected author. His Oxford History of Britain has sold around a million copies since first publication in 1984, and has been translated into French, Italian, Russian, Chinese and Japanese. He is currently a Research Professor at King's College, London; a Fellow of the British Academy; and has been a member of the House of Lords since 2000, and a member of the House of Lords Constitution Committee.

• ContentsList of IllustrationsForewordChapter 1 A Divided ConsciousnessChapter 2 Education, Education, EducationChapter 3 History-Making: A Welsh HistorianChapter 4 History-Making: A British HistorianChapter 5 History-Making; A Labour HistorianChapter 6 History-Making: A Contemporary HistorianChapter 7: History-Making: A BiographerChapter 8: Experiences: The House of LordsChapter 9: Experiences: TravellingChapter 10: Experiences: Old and New LabourChapter 11 My History

Kenneth O. Morgan has had a rich and multifaceted life, ranging from Oxford don to Labour peer. His captivating autobiography recounts a lifelong commitment to his Welsh heritage; his marriage to his beloved wife Jane; his commitment to Oxford as a teaching Fellow at The Queens College; his Vice-Chancellorship of the University of Wales; and above all his life as an historian and biographer. My Histories brings his life to the present, with his recent marriage to Elizabeth Gibson of Bordeaux; his work in the House of Lords as the indefatigable Lord Morgan; and his current reflections on whether devolution will give Wales a new sense of inspired destiny. --Wm. Roger Louis, University of Texas at Austin"

Historians, Politicians and StudentsKenneth O. Morgan, described as ‘Wales’s greatest living historian’, is a prolific and highly respected author. His Oxford History of Britain has sold around a million copies since first publication in 1984, and has been translated into French, Italian, Russian, Chinese and Japanese. He is currently a Research Professor at King's College, London; a Fellow of the British Academy; and has been a member of the House of Lords since 2000, and a member of the House of Lords Constitution Committee.

• ContentsList of IllustrationsForewordChapter 1 A Divided ConsciousnessChapter 2 Education, Education, EducationChapter 3 History-Making: A Welsh HistorianChapter 4 History-Making: A British HistorianChapter 5 History-Making; A Labour HistorianChapter 6 History-Making: A Contemporary HistorianChapter 7: History-Making: A BiographerChapter 8: Experiences: The House of LordsChapter 9: Experiences: TravellingChapter 10: Experiences: Old and New LabourChapter 11 My History

Kenneth O. Morgan has had a rich and multifaceted life, ranging from Oxford don to Labour peer. His captivating autobiography recounts a lifelong commitment to his Welsh heritage; his marriage to his beloved wife Jane; his commitment to Oxford as a teaching Fellow at The Queens College; his Vice-Chancellorship of the University of Wales; and above all his life as an historian and biographer. My Histories brings his life to the present, with his recent marriage to Elizabeth Gibson of Bordeaux; his work in the House of Lords as the indefatigable Lord Morgan; and his current reflections on whether devolution will give Wales a new sense of inspired destiny. --Wm. Roger Louis, University of Texas at Austin"

Historians, Politicians and StudentsKenneth O. Morgan, described as ‘Wales’s greatest living historian’, is a prolific and highly respected author. His Oxford History of Britain has sold around a million copies since first publication in 1984, and has been translated into French, Italian, Russian, Chinese and Japanese. He is currently a Research Professor at King's College, London; a Fellow of the British Academy; and has been a member of the House of Lords since 2000, and a member of the House of Lords Constitution Committee.

• ContentsList of IllustrationsForewordChapter 1 A Divided ConsciousnessChapter 2 Education, Education, EducationChapter 3 History-Making: A Welsh HistorianChapter 4 History-Making: A British HistorianChapter 5 History-Making; A Labour HistorianChapter 6 History-Making: A Contemporary HistorianChapter 7: History-Making: A BiographerChapter 8: Experiences: The House of LordsChapter 9: Experiences: TravellingChapter 10: Experiences: Old and New LabourChapter 11 My History

Kenneth O. Morgan has had a rich and multifaceted life, ranging from Oxford don to Labour peer. His captivating autobiography recounts a lifelong commitment to his Welsh heritage; his marriage to his beloved wife Jane; his commitment to Oxford as a teaching Fellow at The Queens College; his Vice-Chancellorship of the University of Wales; and above all his life as an historian and biographer. My Histories brings his life to the present, with his recent marriage to Elizabeth Gibson of Bordeaux; his work in the House of Lords as the indefatigable Lord Morgan; and his current reflections on whether devolution will give Wales a new sense of inspired destiny. --Wm. Roger Louis, University of Texas at Austin"