Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland

Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, Raphael Holinshed

Holinshed's history of the British Isles is a source as much for the mythical origin myths of Britain as perceived in the sixteenth century - and famously also a source for Shakespeare's histories - as literal fact. Yet the accounts are no less valuable, nor interesting, for their frequent lack of historical basis.