I took this with me on a trip to London because the last time I went I spent half the time trying to figure out the royal family and how British history all fit together. This book was perfect for a tourist's help with British history. I enjoyed the sites so much more because I had a bit of a background of who people were and why they were important. It is a super easy ready and a fun read. It was just what I was looking for, but there were a lot of places where I wish I would have had a bit more information than the paragraph or two in the book.