Deze epische serie duikt in het rijke en complexe verleden van de Britse eilanden, van prehistorische tijdperken tot aan de drempel van het nieuwe millennium. De meeslepende vertelstijl brengt cruciale momenten, figuren en maatschappelijke veranderingen die de natie hebben gevormd tot leven. Van vroege beschavingen tot de opkomst en ondergang van een rijk, dit werk biedt diepgaande inzichten in de Britse identiteit en de mondiale impact ervan. Het is een boeiende historische reis voor iedereen die geïnteresseerd is in de krachten die een natie hebben gesmeed.
'History clings tight but it also kicks loose,' writes Simon Schama at the outset of At the Edge of the World?, the first book in his three-volume journey into Britain's past. And change - sometimes gentle and subtle, sometimes shocking and violent - is the dynamic of Schama's unapologetically personal and grippingly written history.
The Britisch Wars 1603 - 1776
The British Wars is a compelling chronicle of the changes that transformed every strand and strata of British life, faith and thought from 1603 to 1776. It explores the forces that tore Britain apart during two centuries of dynamic change
Simon Schama explores the forces that tore Britain apart during two centuries of dynamic change - transforming outlooks, allegiances and boundaries. But as wars of religious passions gave way to campaigns for profit, the British people did come together in the imperial enterprise of 'Britannia Incorporated'.
This work explores the political energy of the mid-1770s through the technological and industrial advancements of the Victorian era and the expansion of the British Empire.
Schama completes his three-volume history of Britain to accompany the BBC TV series. This period, 1770-2000, covers a variety of themes and key British characters. First, the Romantic generation turned Nature into a revolutionary force, followed by the creative Victorians seeking a better world.