A History of Britain (book)
- A History of Britain (book)
There have been many books called "A History of Britain".
Currently the best known is Simon Schama's A History of Britain, a three volume work written by Simon Schama to accompany a series of documentaries he presented for the BBC.
The volumes are:
*A History of Britain I: At the Edge of the World? 3000BC–AD1603 by Simon Schama, BBC, 2000, ISBN 0-563-48714-3
*A History of Britain II: The British Wars 1603–1776 by Simon Schama, BBC, 2001, ISBN 0-563-48718-6
*A History of Britain III: The Fate of Empire 1776–2000 by Simon Schama, BBC, 2002, ISBN 0-563-48719-4
A DVD box set of the documentary series is also available:
*Simon Schama - A History of Britain: The Complete Series, BBC, 2002.
External links
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/hob/index.shtml Official web site]
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