At the Edge of the World? 3000 BC-AD 1603 (v. 1,Pt. 1) (A History of Britain) - Tapa blanda

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 his history lie questions of compelling importance for Britain's future as well as its 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?

Simon Schama is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University in New York. A History of Britain has been made into a major TV series.