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` A thought-provoking and uncompromising book ... [which] will surely influence the way we regard ourselves and our country (not just Britain but also Scotland) in the years to come' --Sunday Herald
`A confident and fascinating history of Britain ... There is a masterful account of the Reformation by Jenny Wormald, followed by a succinct analysis of the English Civil War ... a well-crafted, footnote-free and thorough history of the British Isles containing some brilliant set-pieces and narrative overviews. It is a volume that speaks well to our own sense of Britain today as a globalised, trading island retreating back to the edges of power ... damned good' --Tristram Hunt, Observer
`Redraw[s] the broad outlines of Britain's story, underscoring continuity as much as change and showing how unpredictable the nation's history has always been. For these virtues - not to mention the lessons no the use and abuse of history - this is a very good book to have on the shelf.' --Financial Times
`I thoroughly recommend the book, written by a collection of top-hole experts in their field, but for the general reader ... The medieval bits are excellent, as is the section on the Civil War ... This is a book ... which any household would value' --A. N. Wilson
` ... tells how a small group of islands on the rain-swept edge of the Roman Empire came to shape the civilised world, effectively inventing parliamentary democracy, industrialisation, free trade and globalisation, as well as bequeathing to posterity the greatest body of literature on earth.' --Dominic Sandbrook, Telegraph
`A confident and fascinating history of Britain ... There is a masterful account of the Reformation by Jenny Wormald, followed by a succinct analysis of the English Civil War ... a well-crafted, footnote-free and thorough history of the British Isles containing some brilliant set-pieces and narrative overviews. It is a volume that speaks well to our own sense of Britain today as a globalised, trading island retreating back to the edges of power ... damned good' --Tristram Hunt, Observer
`Redraw[s] the broad outlines of Britain's story, underscoring continuity as much as change and showing how unpredictable the nation's history has always been. For these virtues - not to mention the lessons no the use and abuse of history - this is a very good book to have on the shelf.' --Financial Times
`I thoroughly recommend the book, written by a collection of top-hole experts in their field, but for the general reader ... The medieval bits are excellent, as is the section on the Civil War ... This is a book ... which any household would value' --A. N. Wilson
` ... tells how a small group of islands on the rain-swept edge of the Roman Empire came to shape the civilised world, effectively inventing parliamentary democracy, industrialisation, free trade and globalisation, as well as bequeathing to posterity the greatest body of literature on earth.' --Dominic Sandbrook, Telegraph
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A magisterial new one-volume history of the British Isles from the Romans to the present day, by six of our most prestigious and engaging historians. For fans of Norman Davies, Francis Pryor, and Simon Schama.
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6 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Did not live up to expectation. The problem-based schema did not appeal to this particular reader. There were occasionally insights that threw new light on the interrelationships between the various parts of Britain but these cast more light on Scotland-England than Ireland or Wales. The editorial format that required a chapter on "Some Counter-factuals" was taken less seriously by some contributors than the editor himself.A World by Itself: A History of the British Isles
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Format:Hardcover
Don't you love this nonsense .. where a history the "British" Isles still conveniently forgets that a large part the two islands is not part or never was part of Britain ...
This should be titled a History of Britain .. not the fuzzy geographical term British Isles .. a term used by UK academics to somehow imply that the Irish are British in some way but just dont really know it.
If you want a proper history of Ireland look elswhere ...
This should be titled a History of Britain .. not the fuzzy geographical term British Isles .. a term used by UK academics to somehow imply that the Irish are British in some way but just dont really know it.
If you want a proper history of Ireland look elswhere ...
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