A History of Britain - Volume 2 - format ePub

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The final stage of Simon Schama's epic voyage around Britain spans centuries, crosses the breadth of the empire and covers a vast expanse of topics - from the birth of feminism to the fate of freedom.The...

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L’histoire que Simon Schama entreprend de nous conter ici est à nulle autre pareille.Tout au long des dernières décennies, des découvertes archéologiques ont renouvelé notre vision de la manière dont...

Simon Schama poursuit, avec ce deuxième volume, sa magistrale histoire des Juifs, à partir de leur expulsion d’Espagne en 1492. Il donne vie à l’épopée d’un peuple jeté sur les routes, en quête d’un lieu...

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Rough Crossings is the astonishing story of the struggle to freedom by thousands of African-American slaves who fled the plantations to fight behind British lines in the American War of Independence....

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Simon Schama brings Britain to life through its portraits, as seen in the five-part BBC series The Face of Britain and the major National Portrait Gallery exhibitionChurchill and his painter locked in...

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