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The Story of Britain: From the Romans to the Present: A Narrative History
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by Rebecca Fraser
Sales Rank: 45933
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 829 pages
Published by: W. W. Norton & Company; 1st American Ed edition April 18, 2005
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0393060101
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0393060102
Book Dimensions:
9.5 x 6.5 x 1.6 inches
Weighs: 2.6 pounds
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. This immense labor of patriotic love has already won widespread critical acclaim across the Atlantic for its fluid storytelling and evenhanded judgments. Its populism has nothing to do with, say, Howard Zinn's People's History of the United States. Fraser intends simply to "guide the average human being through the confusing shoals of disputed facts," and many an average reader (and student) will warm to her self-consciously old-fashioned narration. Her vision is gently Blairite: she considers the National Health Service to be one of modernity's great achievements and accuses Margaret Thatcher of a failure of sympathetic imagination, but she is resolutely hostile to the Old Left and generous in her appraisal of the monarchy. Daughter of lady Antonia Fraser and heir to much of her mother's literary talent, she weaves together many of the distant moments that traditionally shaped the collective consciousness of the British, but which have been half-forgotten. Fraser celebrates a free-spirited resistance to tyranny, which she traces from the ancient chieftain Caractacus (who resisted Roman rule) through the bulldog bloody-mindedness of Winston Churchill, and gives broad latitude to myths that have dissipated in the glare of empirical history. Resurrecting King Arthur and retelling the gloriously ironic tale of King Alfred—burning a peasant woman's cakes as he hid from the Danish hordes—Fraser stokes the embers of pride in a past from which the British themselves have become emotionally detached, and in which an American audience will find much that is compelling. black and white illus.
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From Booklist
In this popular, comprehensive history of the British Isles, the author's central theme is that the British people have consistently shown a dedication to individual freedom in the face of tyranny, and that love of liberty and the institutions developed to maintain it have been Britain's gift to the world. Unlike many modern historians, Fraser does not disdain the "great man" approach. Although she gives short shrift to broad economic and cultural transformations, her narrative advances with the emphasis on the roles of a litany of historical icons, from Queen Boudica to Margaret Thatcher. For those readers who are primarily interested in the "who, what, when, where, why" of British history, this is a valuable general study. Jay Freeman
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Reader Reviews
This book tells the fascinating history of Britain from Roman times to the present day. It is written as a chronological narrative, and is a good general history of Britain. It explores not only the personalities that lived the history, but tells about how English culture was brought about. Through the ancient Celts, the invasions of the Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Danes and the Normans, Britain was influenced by different cultures and traditions. These influences, along with the influence of Christianity, was molded into a country as diverse as those influences. Most important events and personages are mentioned, some in passing and some at more length. In any case, a book like this won't be filled with minute details, but instead gives a broad view of the history of this great country. So if there's a specific time or event that you want to know more about, you'll find but small reference to it here. At 700+ pages, this is not a short narrative. But the fact that it took so many pages to paint but a broad picture of the history of Britain says volumes about how rich the history of this nation is. Written in a very readable style, and considering the type of history it is, I can't think of a better book for an overview of the history of Britain. Highly recommended!
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