John Stevenson is a former Reader and Fellow of Worcester College, University of Oxford. He has published widely on British, European and World history, including works on both political and social history. His publications include A History of Europe (2005), The Routledge Companion to World History since 1914 (2005, with Chris Cook), A History of British Elections since 1688 (2014, with Chris Cook), and William Cobbett: Romanticism and Enlightenment (2015, edited with J. Grande). He is currently editing a volume of English historical documents for the period 1914-57.