2009, ISBN: 1847920128

[EAN: 9781847920126], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Vintage Publishing Nov 2009], Neuware - Change - sometimes gentle and subtle, sometimes shocking and violent - is the dynamic of Simon Scham… More...

[EAN: 9781847920126], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Vintage Publishing Nov 2009], Neuware - 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. What 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 Schama 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. The first in a series, this volume paints a rich and vivid portrait of the life of the British people and their nation., Books<

2009, ISBN: 9781847920126

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… More...

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. What 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?Schama 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. The first in a series, this volume paints a rich and vivid portrait of the life of the British people and their nation. Books Simon Schama|Paperback|Vintage Publishing|05/11/2009, Vintage Publishing<

2009, ISBN: 9781847920126

[ED: Kartoniert / Broschiert], [PU: Random House UK Bodley Head], Change - sometimes gentle and subtle, sometimes shocking and violent - is the dynamic of Simon Schama s unapologetically … More...

[ED: Kartoniert / Broschiert], [PU: Random House UK Bodley Head], Change - sometimes gentle and subtle, sometimes shocking and violent - is the dynamic of Simon Schama s unapologetically personal and grippingly written history, DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, Softcover, 352, [GW: 596g], Banküberweisung, PayPal, [CT: Geschichte/Politik / Sonstiges - Geschichte/Politik]<

2009, ISBN: 1847920128

Kartoniert / Broschiert Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Europäische Geschichte, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:Vintage Publishing]