9780786866755 - History of Britain, A - Volume I: At the Edge of the World? 3000 B.C.--A.D. 1603 von Schama, Simon (21 Ergebnisse)

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hardcover. Zustand: near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. First. Extensively Illustrated. 416 pages. 4to, black cloth, d.w. New York: Hyperion, (2000). First edition. Near fine in near fine dust wrapper.

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Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 415 pages; VG/VG-; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; black spine with white lettering; price unclipped '$40.00'; sticker 'AS SEEN ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL' on front cover; minor shelf wear and rubbing; small closed tear on the fore edge of the back cover; pages are clean; inscribed by Schama on the title page; shelved in England. This is part one of a two-volume set that accompanies Schama's BBC/History Channel series of the same name. 1354231. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Cloth with dustjacket. Zustand: Gut. 416 p./ 544 p./ 576 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - vol.I slightly rubbed and scuffed otherwise perfect condition, vol.II + III. very good condition - In this, the first book in his epic two-volume history, Simon Schama brings Britains past to dramatic life with a wealth of compelling stories and vivid detail. Gripping and unapologetically personal, Schamas perspective moves from the early tribes and invasions of the British isles to the Norman Conquest; through the religious wars and turbulence of the Middle Ages to the sovereignties of Henry II, Richard I and King John; through the outbreak of the Black Death, which destroyed nearly half of Europes population; through the reign of Edward I and the growth of national identity in Scotland and Wales; to the turbulent religious and dynastic conflicts of the Tudor Age, culminating in the glorious reign of Elizabeth I. -- As the narrative unfolds, the theme of change sometimes gentle and subtle, sometimes shocking and violentemerges as its most powerful dynamic. Schama is particularly acute in showing the changes that wash over custom and habit, transforming loyalties and establishing or melting boundaries. At the heart of his history lie questions which have universal and timeless resonance: What makes or breaks a nation? To whom do we give our allegiance and why? And where do the roots of our community liein our hearth and home, our village or city, tribe or faith? And what is Britainone country or many, one culture or several? -- All these themes are delivered through the stories which Schama tells so brilliantly, and in a form that is at once traditional and excitingly new. The great and the wicked are hereBoudicca, Queen of the Iceni, and William the Conqueror; Becket and Thomas Cromwell; Robert the Bruce and Anne Boleyn; King Alfred and Mary, Queen of Scotsbut so are countless more ordinary lives: an Irish monk waiting for the plague to reach him in his cell at Kilkenny; a small boy running through the streets of Elizabethan London to catch a glimpse of his Queen. They are all caught on the rich and teeming canvas on which Schama paints his unforgettable portrait of the life of a great nation. Superbly readable, Schamas A History of Britain is destined to become a touchstone work for our time, reintroducing us to the past with dazzling energy and clarity. -- INSIDE THESE PAGES LIES THE BLOODY EPIC OF LIBERTY, THE BRITISH ILIAD. -- The second volume of Simon Schamas A History of Britain brings the histories of Britains civil warsfull of blighted idealism, shocking carnage, and unexpected outcomesstartlingly to life. These conflicts were fought unsparingly between the nations of the islandsIreland, England, and Scotlandand between parliament and the crown. Shattering the illusion of a united kingdom, they cost hundreds of thousands of lives: a greater proportion of the population than died in the First World War. -- When religious passion gave way to the equally consuming passion for profits, it became possible for the pieces of Britain to come together as the spectacularly successful business enterprise of Britannia Incorporated. And in a few generations that business state expanded in a dizzying process that transformed what had been an obscure, off-shore footnote to Europes great powers into the main eventthe most powerful empire in the world. -- Yet somehow, it was the wrong empire. The British considered it a bastion of liberty, yet it was based on military force and the enslavement of hundreds of thousands of Africans. In America, the emptiness of British claims to protect freedom was thrown back into the teeth of colonial governors and redcoat soldiers, while the likes of Sam Adams and George Washington inherited the mantle of Cromwell. -- Simon Schama grippingly evokes the horror of the battle, famine, and plague; the flames of burning cities; the pathos of broken f.