A History Of Britain: Vol III (Fate Of Empire 1776-2000)

Award-winning historian Simon Schama completes his monumental three-volume history of Britain which accompanies the acclaimed television epic. In The Fate of Empire Schama illuminates the period of British history from 1770 to 2000 through a variety of historical themes - including the advance of technology and industry women's increasing role in society and the burgeoning British Empire - and key British characters such as Wordsworth Burke Queen Victoria Churchill and George Orwell. Lesser-known lives are also illuminated such as Elizabeth Garrett Anderson the first woman doctor `Mother' Mary Seacole the forgotten Caribbean nurse and heroine of the Crimea War and Dadabhai Naoroji who in c.1890 became the first Asian MP.

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