A History of Britain - Volume 1: At the Edge of the World? 3000 BC-AD 1603

图书标准信息

• 作者 Professor Simon Schama CBE 著
• 出版社 Oversea Publishing House
• 出版时间 2010-12
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9781847920126
• 定价 201.60元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 352页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

'Historyclingstightbutitalsokicksloose,'writesSimonSchamaattheoutsetofthis,thefirstbookinhisthree-volumejourneyintoBritain'spast.'Disruptionasmuchaspersistenceisitspropersubject.SoalthoughthegreatthemeofBritishhistoryseenfromthetwentiethcenturyisendurance,itscounter-point,seenfromthetwenty-first,mustbealteration.'Change-sometimesgentleandsubtle,sometimesshockingandviolent-isthedynamicofSchama'sunapologeticallypersonalandgrippinglywrittenhistory,especiallythechangesthatwashovercustomandhabit,transformingourloyalties.AttheheartofthishistoryliequestionsofcompellingimportanceforBritain'sfutureaswellasitspast:whatmakesorbreaksanation?Towhomdowegiveourallegianceandwhy?Andwheredotheboundariesofourcommunitylie-inourhearthandhome,ourvillageorcity,tribeorfaith?WhatisBritain-onecountryormany?HasBritishhistoryunfolded'attheedgeoftheworld'orrightattheheartofit?Schamadeliversthesethemesinaformthatisatoncetraditionalandexcitinglyfresh.Thegreatandthewickedarehere-BecketandThomasCromwell,RoberttheBruceandAnneBoleyn-butsoarecountlessmoreordinarylives:anIrishmonkwaitingfortheplaguetokillhiminhiscellatKilkenny;asmallboyrunningthroughthestreetsofLondontocatchaglimpseofElizabethI.TheyareallcaughtontherichandteemingcanvasonwhichSchamapaintshisbrilliantportraitofthelifeoftheBritishpeople:'forintheend,history,especiallyBritishhistorywithitssuccessionofthrillingilluminations,shouldbe,asallhermostaccomplishednarratorshavepromised,notjustinstructionbutpleasure.'

【作者简介】

SimonSchamaisUniversityProfessorofArtHistoryandHistoryatColumbiaUniversityandtheprize-winningauthoroffourteenbooks,whichhavebeentranslatedintotwentylanguages.TheyincludeTheEmbarrassmentofRiches:AnInterpretationofDutchCultureintheGoldenAge;Citizens:AChronicleoftheFrenchRevolution;LandscapeandMemory;Rembrandt'sEyes;RoughCrossings,whichwontheNationalBookCriticsCircleAward;andmostrecently,TheAmericanFuture:AHistory.Hehaswrittenwidelyonmusic,art,politicsandfoodfortheGuardian,VogueandtheNewYorker.Hisaward-winningtelevisionworkaswriterandpresenterfortheBBCstretchesovertwodecadesandincludesthefifteen-partAHistoryofBritainseries;theEmmy-winningPowerofArtandTheAmericanFuture:AHistorywhichappearedonBBC2inautumn2008.

【目录】

Acknowledgements 

　Preface

CHAPTER 1

　AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD? 

CHAPTER 2

　CONQUEST

CHAPTER 3

　SOVEREIGNTY UNBOUND?

CHAPTER 4

　ALIENS AND NATIVES 

CHAPTER 5

　KING DEATH 

CHAPTER 6

　BURNING CONVICTIONS

CHAPTER 7

　THE BODY OF THE QUEEN