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A Spectator Book of the Year.

Taking you on a time-travelling adventure around the 'spindly, sea-wracked islands' we call home, The Discovery of Britain is history that's panoramic and intimate, poignant and shocking, seriously funny, and enlightening in the most surprising way.


'Robb has found a new format for writing history just as Craig Brown found a fresh way to write biography' - Alan Johnson

'Rarely does history feel so beguiling' - The Observer

In the hands of the prize-winning author of The Discovery of France, and often from the unique vantage point of his bicycle, we encounter an entertaining cast of characters foreign and homegrown, drop in on places and events, and dwell on the successes and catastrophes across British history.

From ancient settlements swallowed up by the sea and the creation of Stonehenge to the advent of multiculturalism and recent political earthquakes, all is seen as it's never been seen before.

With intriguing maps and illustrations throughout, The Discovery of Britain can be devoured whole or each chapter read in the time it takes to change a bicycle tyre or drink a cup of coffee. The wonderful choice of how to enjoy this original and sweeping history of Britain is yours.

'A treasure house of a book' - The Spectator

'Entertaining . . . offers a fresh way of seeing the nation's past' - The i

A Spectator Book of the Year.

Taking you on a time-travelling adventure around the 'spindly, sea-wracked islands' we call home, The Discovery of Britain is history that's panoramic and intimate, poignant and shocking, seriously funny, and enlightening in the most surprising way.


'Robb has found a new format for writing history just as Craig Brown found a fresh way to write biography' - Alan Johnson

'Rarely does history feel so beguiling' - The Observer

In the hands of the prize-winning author of The Discovery of France, and often from the unique vantage point of his bicycle, we encounter an entertaining cast of characters foreign and homegrown, drop in on places and events, and dwell on the successes and catastrophes across British history.

From ancient settlements swallowed up by the sea and the creation of Stonehenge to the advent of multiculturalism and recent political earthquakes, all is seen as it's never been seen before.

With intriguing maps and illustrations throughout, The Discovery of Britain can be devoured whole or each chapter read in the time it takes to change a bicycle tyre or drink a cup of coffee. The wonderful choice of how to enjoy this original and sweeping history of Britain is yours.

'A treasure house of a book' - The Spectator

'Entertaining . . . offers a fresh way of seeing the nation's past' - The i

Über den Autor
Graham Robb was born in Manchester in 1958 and is a former fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. He has published widely on French literature and history. His book The Discovery of France won both the Duff Cooper and Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prizes. For Parisians the City of Paris awarded him the Grande Médaille de la Ville de Paris. He lives on the English-Scottish border. The Discovery of Britain is his tenth book.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: XIV
450 S.
ISBN-13: 9781035026135
ISBN-10: 1035026139
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Robb, Graham
Auflage: Main Market Ed.
Hersteller: Pan Macmillan
Picador
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 195 x 130 x 36 mm
Von/Mit: Graham Robb
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.05.2026
Gewicht: 0,402 kg
Artikel-ID: 135490100

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