{"product_id":"9781847920126-history-of-britain-volume-1-a","title":"A History of Britain - Volume 1","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the Edge of the World? 3000 BC-AD 1603\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChange - 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChange - 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSchama 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first in a series, this volume paints a rich and vivid portrait of the life of the British people and their nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30362740621409,"sku":"9781847920126","price":26.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32335370.jpg?v=1737186905","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781847920126-history-of-britain-volume-1-a","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}