Research Catalog

Title

The story of the British Isles in 100 places / Neil Oliver.

Author

Oliver, Neil, 1967-

Publication

• London : Bantam Press, 2018.
• ©2018

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Details

Description

xiv, 428 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps; 24 cm

Summary

The British Isles, this archipelago of islands, is to Neil Oliver the best place in the world. From north to south, east to west it cradles astonishing beauty. The human story here is a million years old, and counting. But the tolerant, easygoing peace we enjoy has been hard won. We have made and known the best and worst of times. We have been hero and villain and all else in between, and we have learned some lessons.The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places is Neil?s very personal account of what makes these islands so special, told through the places that have witnessed the unfolding of our history. Beginning with footprints made in the sand by humankind?s earliest ancestors, he takes us via Romans and Vikings, the flowering of religion, through civil war, industrial revolution and two world wars. From windswept headlands to battlefields, ancient trees to magnificent cathedrals, each of his destinations is a place where, somehow, the spirit of the past seems to linger.

Alternative Title

Story of the British Isles in one hundred places

Subjects

• Great Britain
• Great Britain > History
• Europe > British Isles
• History
• British Isles > History

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• Includes index.

Call Number

JFE 19-6061

ISBN

• 9780593079799
• 0593079795

LCCN

2018493373

OCLC

1079360285

Author

Oliver, Neil, 1967- author.

Title

The story of the British Isles in 100 places / Neil Oliver.

Publisher

London : Bantam Press, 2018.

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Research Call Number

JFE 19-6061