A History Of Britain

At the Edge of the World? 3000BC - AD1603

Change - sometimes gentle and subtle, sometimes shocking and violent - is the dynamic of Schama's unapologetically personal and grippingly written history, especially the changes that wash over custom and habit, transforming our loyalties. At the heart of history lies a question of compelling importance for our future as well as our past: 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, one culture or several?
Has British history unfolded "at the edge of the world" or right at the heart of it? All these themes are delivered to you in the stories which Schama loves to tell.