Britons Av Linda Colley

Linda Colley uses these tales of ordinary individuals trapped in extraordinary encounters to re-evaluate the character and diversity of the British Empire. She shows how British attitudes to Islam, slavery, race, and American Revolutionaries look different...

''If there were a Nobel Prize in History, Colley would be my nominee'' Jill Lepore, New Yorker''One of the most exciting historians of her generation, but also one of the most interesting writers of non-fiction around''...

In a year that sees a Scottish referendum on independence, the author analyses some of the forces that have unified Britain in the past. She examines the mythology of Britishness, and how far and why it has faded. She discusses the Acts of Union with...