Author: Schama, Simon. British Broadcasting Corporation
Title: A history of Britain / Simon Schama: in three volumes
Description: New York : Hyperion 2002. First Edition. Reprint. Fine cloth set in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 416 pages : illustrations (some color). color maps. photographs. portraits (some color) ; 26 cm. Notes; 'Talk Miramax books.' Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; [v. 1] At the edge of the world? (3000 BC-AD 1603): At the edge of the world? ; Conquest ; Sovereignty unbound? ; Aliens and natives ; King death ; Burning convictions ; The body of the queen -- v. 2. The wars of the British. (1603-1776): Re-inventing Britain ; Give Caesar his due? ; Looking for Leviathan ; Unfinished business ; Britannia incorporated ; The wrong empire -- v. 3. The fate of empire. (1776-2000): Forces of nature: the road to revolution? ; Forces of nature: the road to home ; The queen and the hive ; Wives. daughters. widows ; The empire of good intentions: investments ; The empire of good intentions: the dividend ; The last of bladesover? ; Endurance. Subjects; Great Britain History. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated.
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Title: A history of Britain / Simon Schama: in three volumes
Description: New York : Hyperion 2002. First Edition. Reprint. Fine cloth set in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 416 pages : illustrations (some color). color maps. photographs. portraits (some color) ; 26 cm. Notes; 'Talk Miramax books.' Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; [v. 1] At the edge of the world? (3000 BC-AD 1603): At the edge of the world? ; Conquest ; Sovereignty unbound? ; Aliens and natives ; King death ; Burning convictions ; The body of the queen -- v. 2. The wars of the British. (1603-1776): Re-inventing Britain ; Give Caesar his due? ; Looking for Leviathan ; Unfinished business ; Britannia incorporated ; The wrong empire -- v. 3. The fate of empire. (1776-2000): Forces of nature: the road to revolution? ; Forces of nature: the road to home ; The queen and the hive ; Wives. daughters. widows ; The empire of good intentions: investments ; The empire of good intentions: the dividend ; The last of bladesover? ; Endurance. Subjects; Great Britain History. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated.
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Price: EUR 125.00 = appr. US$ 135.86 Seller: MW Books
- Book number: 348030
- Book number: 348030