Tato epická série zkoumá bohatou a komplexní minulost britských ostrovů od prehistorických dob až po obrat stěžejního milénia. Poutavý vyprávěcí styl oživuje klíčové momenty, postavy a společenské proměny, které formovaly národ. Od raných civilizací po vzestup a pád impéria, tato práce nabízí hluboký vhled do britské identity a jejího místa ve světě. Je to podmanivá cesta historií, která osloví každého zájemce o minulost.
'History clings tight but it also kicks loose,' writes Simon Schama at the outset of At the Edge of the World?, the first book in his three-volume journey into Britain's past. And change - sometimes gentle and subtle, sometimes shocking and violent - is the dynamic of Schama's unapologetically personal and grippingly written history.
Simon Schama explores the forces that tore Britain apart during two centuries of dynamic change - transforming outlooks, allegiances and boundaries. But as wars of religious passions gave way to campaigns for profit, the British people did come together in the imperial enterprise of 'Britannia Incorporated'.
Schama completes his three-volume history of Britain to accompany the BBC TV series. This period, 1770-2000, covers a variety of themes and key British characters. First, the Romantic generation turned Nature into a revolutionary force, followed by the creative Victorians seeking a better world.