History of Britain, A - Volume III: The Fate of the Empire

History of Britain, A - Volume III: The Fate of the Empire 1776 - 2000
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Simon Schamaâ€™s dramatic, broad-ranging, and immensely readable epic history of Britain reaches its triumphant conclusion in this third and final volume, which stretches from the American Revolution to the present.

The Fate of Empire tells the eventful and exhilarating story of Britainâ€™s rise and fall as an imperial power, from the political turmoil of the 1770s to the struggle of present day leaders to find a way to make a different national future. The volume also examines the Romantic generation, the role of women in Victorian England, industrialization, and the liberal empire from Ireland to India, which promised material improvement, but delivered coercion and famine. As in the previous volumes, Schama vividly portrays the lives of extraordinary personalities â€“ Queen Victoria, Churchill, Dickens, and â€œordinaryâ€ individuals including the author of the first British travel guide, and Elizabeth Anderson, the first woman doctor.

Finally, Schama asks an essential question: what kind of Britain can hold together when its island isolation and its imperial dominion have both vanished? An examination of the legacy of the British ideal of freedom is at the heart of this entertaining and well-researched book. With The Fate of Empire, Simon Schama has proven himself, again, as a masterful writer of narrative history.
Country USA
Brand Brand: Miramax
Manufacturer Miramax
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2002-12-18
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780786868995

Country	USA
Brand	Brand: Miramax
Manufacturer	Miramax
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2002-12-18
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780786868995

History of Britain, A - Volume III: The Fate of the Empire 1776 - 2000

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