ROUGH CROSSINGS

HISTORY OF BRITAIN, VOL 3: THE FATE OF THE EMPIRE 1776 - 2001

Sequel to 'History of Britain: Volume 2' (6260). An account of how the British shaped much of the modern world. Based not on the experiences of the great and the good, but a social history of the urban poor, women, the oppressed and the people of the Empire.

A HISTORY OF BRITAIN: VOLUME 1 3000BC - AD 1603

In the first of three volumes spanning the history of Britain, Simon Schama chronicles the events that changed the country between 3000 BC and AD1603. The great, the good and the wicked are here along with records of many more ordinary lives.

A HISTORY OF BRITAIN: VOLUME 2 1603 - 1776

Sequel to 'History of Britain: Volume 1' (6175). In this book, Simon Schama concentrates on two centuries which saw the transformation of every facet of British life. Beginning with the reign of the Stuarts, through to the foundations of the British Empire.