- British, British National characteristics, Civilization, Great Britain
In this splendidly wide-ranging and compelling book, Linda Colley recounts how a new British nation was invented in the wake of the Act of Union between England and Wales and Scotland in 1707.
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Epic, earnest, classical in form and grave.
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About the book
- Author
- Linda Colley
- First published
- 1992
- Pages
- 432
- Publisher
- Yale University Press, Vintage, Random House Value Publishing
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780517136164
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“THIS BOOK IS ABOUT THE FORGING of the British nation between the Act of Union joining Scotland to England and Wales in 1707 and the formal beginning of the Victorian age in 1837.”
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