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A History of Britain: The Wars of the British 1603-1776 by Simon Schama, SKU7135
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- Condition
- Artist
- Schama, Simon
- Brand
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- Type
- Hardback
- EAN
- 9780786867523
- ISBN
- 0786867523
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- Release Title
- A History of Britain: The Wars of the British 1603-1776
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- Book Title
- History of Britain Vol. II : the Wars of the British, 1603-1776
- Item Length
- 9.8in
- Publisher
- MIRAMAX Books
- Publication Year
- 2001
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.5in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), Reference, General, Europe / Great Britain / General, Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837)
- Item Width
- 7.5in
- Item Weight
- 63.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 416 Pages
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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 wars -- full of blighted idealism, shocking carnage, and unexpected outcomes -- startlingly to life. These conflicts were fought unsparingly between the nations of the islands -- Ireland, England, and Scotland -- and 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 event -- the 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 families, with fathers and sons forced to choose opposing sides. But he also captures the intimacies of palace and parliament and the seductions of profit and pleasure. Geniuses like John Milton, Thomas Hobbes, and Benjamin Franklin stalk vividly through his pages, but so do Scottish clansmen, women pamphleteers, and literate, eloquent African slaves like Olaudah Equiano.
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Publisher
MIRAMAX Books
ISBN-10
0786867523
ISBN-13
9780786867523
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1951625
Product Key Features
Book Title
History of Britain Vol. II : the Wars of the British, 1603-1776
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), Reference, General, Europe / Great Britain / General, Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837)
Publication Year
2001
Genre
History
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.8in
Item Height
1.5in
Item Width
7.5in
Weight
63.2 Oz
Item Weight
63.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Number of Volumes
3 Vols.
Lc Classification Number
Da30.S33 2000
Publication Date
2001-10-17
Copyright Date
2000
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
00-061442
Illustrated
Yes
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