A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World? 3000BC-AD1603

BBC Worldwide Ltd, London, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Very Good. Seventh Impression. Size: 8vo Octavo (standard book size). 447 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, save a small closed tear along the base of the front.. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and will be shipped within two business days. All items are tracked and details are available on request.. 'History clings tight but it also kicks loose', writes Simon Schama at the outset of this, the first book in his epic three-volume journey into Britain's past. 'Disruption as much as persistence is its proper subject. So although the great theme of British history seen from the twentieth century is endurance, its counter-point, seen from the twenty-first, must be alteration.' Change - sometimes gentle and subtle, sometimes shocking and violent - is the dynamic of Schama's unapologetically personal and grippingly written history, especially the changes that wash over custom and habit, transforming our loyalties. At the heart of his history lie questions of compelling importance for Britain's future as well as its past: 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 or home, our village or city, tribe or faith? What is Britain - one country or many, one culture or several? Has British history unfolded 'at the edge of the world' or right at the heart of it? All these themes are delivered to the reader in the stories which Schama loves to tell, and in a form that is at once traditional and excitingly fresh. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; British History; Britain/UK; ISBN: 0563384972. ISBN/EAN: 9780563384977. Pictures are of actual item and are not stock images Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10639. . 9780563384977