A history of britain volume 3

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'While Britain was losing an empire, it was finding itself...' The compelling opening words to The Fate of the Empire, set the tone and agenda for the final stage of Simon Schama's epic voyage around Britain, her people and her past. Spanning two centuries, crossing the breadth of the empire and covering a vast expanse of topics - from the birth of feminism to the fate of freedom - he explores the forces that shaped British culture and character from 1776 to 2000.







The story opens on the eve of a bloody revolution, but not a British one. The French Revolution never quite crossed the Channel, though its spirit of fiery defiance and Romantic idealism did, sparking off a round of radical revolts and reforms that gathered momentum over the coming century - from the Irish Rebellion to the Chartist Petition. The great question of the Victorian century was how the world's first industrial society could come through its growing pains without falling apart in social and political conflict. Would the machine age destroy or strengthen the institutions that held Britain together, from the family to the farm? And if the British Empire helped to make Britain stable and rich, did it live up to its promise to help the ruled as well as the rulers? On the way to answering these questions, The Fate of the Empire makes stops at both celebrations, like the Great Exhibition, and catastrophes, like the Irish potato famine and the Indian Mutiny. Amidst the military and economic shocks and traumas of the 20th century, and through the voices of Churchill, Orwell and H. G. Wells, it asks the question that is still with us - is the immense weight of our history a blessing or a curse, a gift or a millstone around the neck of our future?







It is a vast compelling epic, made more so by the lively storytelling and big bold characters at the heart of the action. But alongside flamboyant heroes, like Nelson and Churchill, Schama recalls unsung heroines and virtually unknown enemies. Alongside the grand ideas, he exposes the grand illusions that cost untold lives. Schama looks head on at the facts and asks, 'What went wrong with the liberal dream?' The answers emerge in The Fate of the Empire, which reveals the living ideals of Britain's long history, 'a history that tied together social justice with bloody-minded liberty'.

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A History of Britain - Volume 1

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History clings tight but it also kicks loose writes simon schama at the outset of this the first book in his 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 endura Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

History Of Britain Vol 3 The Fate Empire

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Asks crucial questions about the nature of empire journeying from celebrations of industrial and imperialist power at the great exhibition to the catastrophic irish potato famine and the indian mutiny alongside flamboyant heroes like nelson and churchill the author also recalls unsung heroines Uiterlijk 17 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

History Of Britain 1 At The Edge World

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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 change sometimes gentle and subtle somet Uiterlijk 17 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 29 februari 2012

Aantal pagina's: 448

Ebook Formaat: Adobe ePub

Hoofdauteur: Simon Schama

Hoofduitgeverij: Vintage Digital

Editie: 1

EAN: 9781409018353

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