Christopher Lee’s seminal history series, which accompanied the award–winning BBC radio series, narrates the rich and gripping story of Britain, from the Roman Invasion in 55 BC to the dawn of the 21st century. In this volume, the author looks at Britain from the death of Queen Victoria in 1901 up to the present day. The text covers the century's major political and economic events, as well as the scientific and cultural changes that have influenced the day-to-day lives of British people.
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Christopher Lee’s seminal history series, which accompanied the award–winning BBC radio series, narrates the rich and gripping story of Britain, from the Roman Invasion in 55 BC to the dawn of the 21st century. Focusing on the key characters and pivotal events that have shaped British history, these books are essential reading for anyone with an interest in Britain’s past, present, or future.
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This review is from: This Sceptred Isle: Twentieth Century: From the Death of Queen Victoria to the Dawn of a New Millennium (Hardcover)
I missed the audio broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Christopher Lee makes twentieth-century British history easily accessible. The book is organized by year, so the reader doesn't have to start at the beginning. However, I read it from cover-to-cover in just a few days.In the introduction Lee talks about his own fascination with the stories his grandfather and grand-uncles told him. As I read this book, I pictured my own grandfather as a boy in Victoria's army in India. He lived with us when I was a boy and was full of stories. I imagined the tribulations of my father in the great depression. But to see the geopolitical forces that shaped the British experience is nothing short of amazing. This book sharpens previously fuzzy perspectives. This is not the only Christopher Lee book I shall read.
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- Great Tales from English History: The Truth About King Arthur, Lady Godiva, Richard the Lionheart, and More by Robert Lacey in Back Matter
- Archipelagic Identities: Literature and Identity in the Atlantic Archipelago, 1550-1800 by Philip Schwyzer on page 42
- 1603: The Death of Queen Elizabeth I, the Return of the Black Plague, the Rise of Shakespeare, Piracy, Witchcraft, and the Birth of the Stuart Era by Christopher Lee in Front Matter
- Shakespeare in the Present (Accents on Shakespeare) by Terence Hawkes in Back Matter
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