The History of Britannia

This article is about the actual book that came with Ultima IV''. For a chronicle of the in-game history of the main world of the Ultima series, see History of Britannia.''

The History of Britannia comes with Ultima IV. It is 36 pages long. In-game, Kyle the Younger is the authors of the book, and it is prominent in the intro where the player is actually instructed to read it. In real-life, Dave Albert has written the book.

The following topics are part of the book:
 * History of Britannia
 * Travelling guide
 * The Professions
 * Shops
 * Transportation
 * Weapons and armour
 * Bestiary
 * Combat and ethics of war
 * Afterword of Lord British

The book is written from a neutral point of view, and a very good read, as it gives much background information for the world of Britannia, and is quite entertaining for the reader. At this time, details of the magic system were in a separate book, The Book of Mystic Wisdom.

A very faithful online version with all illustrations can be found here: The Book

The book is also available as a pdf-file. Find it here: The Book or here with searchable text: The History of Britannia