| Simon Schama: A History of Britain - The Complete BBC Series [DVD] | ![Simon Schama: A History of Britain - The Complete BBC Series [DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511IgUov7mL._SL75_.jpg) | Artist: Simon Schama
Studio: 2 Entertain Video
Category: DVD
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Sales Rank: 603
Format: PAL, Subtitled
Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: Exempt
Region: 2
Discs: 6
Number Of Discs: 6
Running Time: 870 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.6 x 1.5
MPN: 5014503231927
EAN: 5014503231927
ASIN: B000KHYKH2
Release Date: November 13, 2006
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Product Description
United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2.4 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Biographies, Box Set, Cast/Crew Interview(s), Interactive Menu, Multi-DVD Set, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Bringing Britain's rich history to life, Simon Schama's unique storytelling describes the triumphs and trials of the monarchy, the effects of warring religions, the expansion of the empire and the decline of Britain as a world power. The story begins around 3000 BC and concludes in 2000. This DVD features the complete 15-part epic BBC series, presented on six DVDs in special edition packaging. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: BAFTA Awards, ...A History of Britain - Complete Series - 6-DVD Box Set
Amazon.co.uk Review
What do you get when you combine the resources and ethos of the BBC with the literary panache of one of the world's best narrative historians? The answer is Simon Schama's History of Britain television series. In this well-written and thoughtfully crafted survey, Schama, the bestselling author of books on European cultural history such as The Embarrassment of Riches and Citizens, has managed to be both conventional and provocative. He tells the official version of Britain's story--Roman Britain, the Norman Conquest, the struggles of the Henrys and Richards, Elizabeth I, Scottish rebellions and the English Civil Wars, the American Revolution, the growth of the British Empire, Queen Victoria, the industrial age, and Winston Churchill. But while sticking to a script familiar to anyone who sat up and listened during history class, Schama brings it all alive with memorable prose and presence--Simon de Montfort's rebel parliament is described as inaugurating the "union between patriotism and insubordination"; with Henry VIII, Schama says, "you could practically smell the testosterone." Schama is also particularly enlightening on the symbolism of buildings, memorials, language, and ceremonies, and on the complex relations between England and its Celtic and Catholic neighbors. If history must have gloss, then let it be presented like this. --Miles Taylor (Amazon.com)
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