A History of Britain: The British Wars 1603-1776 & At The Edge of the World 3000 BC- AD1603. 2 Vols by Schama, Simon

BBC Worldwide Ltd. 2 x volumes, hardcovers, 8vo, in slightly bumped d/w, with gilt lettering on spines, with Illustrations throughout books, in as new condition. 'History clings tight but it also kicks loose', writes Simon Schama at the outset of the first volume of his epic two-volume journey into Britain's past. 'Disruption as much as persistence is its proper subject'. So although the great theme of British history seen from the twentieth century is endurance, its counter-point, seen from the twenty-first, must be alteration.