Táto epická séria skúma bohatú a komplexnú minulosť britských ostrovov od prehistorických čias až po obrat k novému miléniu. Pútavý rozprávačský štýl oživuje kľúčové momenty, postavy a spoločenské zmeny, ktoré formovali národ. Od raných civilizácií po vzostup a pád impéria, táto práca ponúka hlboký vhľad do britskej identity a jej miesta vo svete. Je to podmanivá cesta históriou, ktorá osloví každého záujemcu o minulosť.
'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.