''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'' - William Dalrymple, Guardian''Colley takes you on intellectual journeys you wouldn''t think to take on your own, and when you arrive you wonder that you never did it before'' - David Aaronovitch, the Times''A global history of remarkable depth, imagination and insight'' Tony Barber, Financial Times Summer BooksStarting not with the United States, but with the Corsican constitution of 1755, The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen moves through every continent, disrupting accepted narratives. Both monarchs and radicals play a role, from Catherine the Great of Russia, with her remarkable Nakaz, to Sierra Leone''s James Africanus Horton, to Tunisia''s Khayr-al-Din, a creator of the first modern Islamic constitution. Throughout, Colley demonstrates how constitutions evolved in tande
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How was Great Britain made? And what does it mean to be British? This book examines how a more cohesive British nation was invented after 1707 and how this new national identity was nurtured through war, religion, trade, and empire.
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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...
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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...
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