Arthur D. (Arthur Donald) Innes

Arthur Donald Innes was a British historian and writer born in 1863 and active in the late Victorian and early 20th-century period. He is remembered chiefly for popular history books that introduced general readers to English and British history, especially the Tudor era and the growth of the British Empire.

His bibliography includes works such as England under the Tudors, Ten Tudor Statesmen, Cranmer and the Reformation in England, A History of England and the British Empire, and A General Sketch of Political History from the Earliest Times. The range of these titles shows both his strong interest in political history and his gift for presenting long historical movements in a straightforward, accessible way.

Many of Innes's works are now in the public domain and remain easy to find in major digital libraries, which has helped keep his writing in circulation. Readers who enjoy older narrative history, especially books with a clear focus on statesmen, dynasties, and the turning points of English government, will likely find his work rewarding.