'Schama is a giant, a great thinking-machine and a golden lyricist as well.' --- Mail on Sunday
The British wars began on the morning of 23 July 1637, heralding two hundred years of battles waged within and without our isles. Most would be driven by religious or political conviction, as Republicans and Royalists. Catholics and Protestants, Tories and Whigs, and colonialists and natives vied for supremacy. Of those battles not fought on home territory, a great number took place across Europe, America, India and also at sea.
Schama's examination of this turbulent period reveals how the British people eventually united in imperial enterprise, forming what he calls 'Britannia Incorporated'. The story of that change evokes the memory of such enduringly influential people as Oliver Cromwell, as well as lesser known but equally extraordinary individuals.
A story of revolution and reaction, progress and catastrophe, this is a vivid account of two centuries which changed Britain.
Michael Beschloss
Peformed By : Michael Beschloss
Simon & Schuster
Runtime : 6 hours
Categories : American
Politics
Biographical
Pre 1900
20th Century
$29.95 $17.95
Michael Beschloss's dramatic and inspiring saga explores crucial times when courageous Presidents changed the history of the United States. More info... |
Dr. Ian Jackson
Peformed By : Edwin Newman
Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 2 hours 30 minutes
Categories : Ancient
Pre 1900
20th Century
Knowledge & Learning
$9.95
Modern chemistry emerged from the historical traditions of metalworking (beginning as early as the Bronze Age in 3500 BC); medicine (especially "iatrochemistry", which emerged in the Renaissance); ... More info... |
Christopher Lee
Peformed By : Anna Massey
BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 3 hours
Categories : Non Fiction
British
Pre 1900
$22.25
Lee's history of Britain provides the definitive radio account of the events and personalities that have shaped our nation. From foreign invasions and war to economic crises and social revolution... More info... |
by A Lady of Distinction
Peformed By : Nadia May
Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 4 hours
Categories : British
Social & Economic
Pre 1900
$25.95 $12.95
In the flowery language of its era, this book details English customs and manners of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, including women's dress, propriety, and beauty aids, with ad... More info... |
Berwick Coates
Peformed By : Berwick Coates
Berwick Coates
Runtime : 47 minutes
Categories : Pre 1900
Biographical
Royalty and Heads of State
Historical
Social & Economic
$8.49
The End of the First National Welfare System. In less than fifty months, Henry VIII and his chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, swept away the monasteries... More info...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography
Biographical
Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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