A History of Britain - Volume 1 - At the Edge of the World? 3000 BC-AD 1603 (Paperback)

Change - sometimes gentle and subtle, sometimes shocking and violent - is the dynamic of Simon Schama's unapologetically personal and grippingly written history of Britain, especially the changes that wash over custom and habit, transforming our loyalties. What makes or breaks a nation? To whom do we give our allegiance and why? And where do the boundaries of our community lie - in our hearth and home, our village or city, tribe or faith? What is Britain - one country or many? Has British history unfolded 'at the edge of the world' or right at the heart of it? Schama delivers these themes in a form that is at once traditional and excitingly fresh. The great and the wicked are here - Becket and Thomas Cromwell, Robert the Bruce and Anne Boleyn - but so are countless more ordinary lives: an Irish monk waiting for the plague to kill him in his cell at Kilkenny; a small boy running through the streets of London to catch a glimpse of Elizabeth I. The first in a series, this volume paints a rich and vivid portrait of the life of the British people and their nation.

General

Imprint:	The Bodley Head Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2009
Authors:	Simon Schama
Dimensions:	234 x 153 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	352
ISBN-13:	978-1-84792-012-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Promotions
LSN:	1-84792-012-8
Barcode:	9781847920126

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