Read Series: A History Of Britain
by Author Simon Schama
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A History of Britain: The Wars of the British 1603-1776 (2001)
Volume II of Simon Schama’s History of Britain purports itself as, “The Wars of the British, 1603-1776” (Volume I presumably compasses the preceding 56 hundred-odd years), but it is in truth, and of necessity, something more than that. While the martial conflicts of that age were certainly of ce...
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A History of Britain: The Fate Of Empire 1776-2000 (2002)
Simon Schama ends his narrative history of Britain with this third volume, ‘The Fate of Empire’, covering the era 1776 to the millennium. This final volume is in itself a five star work; ending an overall five star series.At one point Schama recounts the young Churchill reading Macaulay and descr...