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A History of Britain - The Complete Collection dvd movie. Home » DVD Movies » Actors/Actresses » D » Other » David Threlfall Other • Doron Bell Other • Danielle Saklofsky Other • Delia Lindsay Other • Douglas Seale Other • Donna Martell Other • Darren Shahlavi Other • Donal Gibson Other • Deannie Yip Other • Dominique Besnehard Other • Daisy Belmore Other • Daniel Zacapa Other • Dick Curtis A History of Britain - The Complete Collection buy bestselling dvd movies, videos find reviews, ratings, prices List Price: $59.95 Our Price: $49.99 You Save: $9.96 Features • Box set • Color • DVD-Video • Full Screen • NTSC In Theaters : 29 October, 2001 DVD Release : 26 November, 2002 [ + Zoom ]   [ Buy Now ] DVD : Usually ships in 24 hours A History of Britain - The Complete Collection description 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 A History of Britain - The Complete Collection Customer Reviews   1     2     3   ♥♥♥♥♥ A Great Series! Simon Schama's A History of Britain presents the epic history of the British Isles in a lively, engaging and beautiful manner. I have a passion for history, and have been plenty of documentaries. A good documentary gives both a thorough recounting of events and sheds new light onto them. A great one can introduce ideas that one had not previously thought of, but delight as well as inform, and Simon Schama's work definitely falls into the latter category. An art historian, Simon Schama includes and explains many beautiful works of art, explaining how they helped tell us of Great Britain's past. It also includes plenty of panoramic views of the gorgeous English countryside, which one could make a whole seperate documentary out of. As other reviewers have noted, Schama avoids a dry recounting of events, and prevents it in an amusing fashion that can almost make one laugh out loud. By the time one is finished with the fifteen installments, one almost regrets it is over. The episodes frequently revolve around the stories of great leaders and thinkers, and how they changed Great Britain for better or worse. Some lesser-known figures are given a much-deserved highlight. King Henry I, whose imposition of a common law upon the realm would inspire the barons to rebel against his gutless, blackmailing heir King John. King Edward Longshanks, whose utterly ruthless wars against Wales, Scotland and Ireland inspired patriotic rhetoric centuries before the age of nationalism. Finally, there is Robert "Cock Robin" Walpole, who envisioned and helped to bring about a modern Britain built around money, rather than violent sectarian fervor and the destructive wars it helped to bring about.   1     2     3   Non User