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The British Imagination: A History of Ideas from Elizabeth I to Elizabeth II
- Forfatter
- Indlæser
- Forlag
‘Extensive and intelligent . . . a guide to the nature of British intellectual curiosity’ Spectator
The reign of Queen Elizabeth I ushered in an unprecedented age of exploration and discovery. Over 500 years that saw ‘the greatest expansion of ideas and knowledge the world has ever seen’, a small island nation, for centuries a cultural backwater, asserted itself as a world power.
Breathtaking in scope, embracing literature, science, art, religion, philosophy and politics, The British Imagination brings to life those centuries between Elizabeth I and II, and asks the provocative question – are we still living in a British 'metaphysical empire'?
From the acclaimed author of The German Genius and The French Mind, this is a lively and deeply researched history of the most influential personalities and ideas that made modern Britain.
‘Intriguing insights about the contemporary Anglosphere . . . nuanced and appreciative’ Financial Times
‘Peter Watson has form when it comes to probing a nation’s psyche . . . Ambitious and stimulating’ Country Life
© 2025 Simon & Schuster Audio UK (Lydbog): 9781398513921
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Lydbog: 22. maj 2025
Bøger, der ligner The British Imagination: A History of Ideas from Elizabeth I to Elizabeth II
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- Mussolini's Grandchildren: Fascism in Contemporary Italy David Broder
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- The Wars of the Roosevelts: The Ruthless Rise of America's Greatest Political Family William J. Mann
- Hitler's Girl: The British Aristocracy and the Third Reich on the Eve of WWII Lauren Young
- Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons: The Lives of Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt Charlotte Gray
- Slow Trains to Venice: A Love Letter to Europe Tom Chesshyre
- Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare's Greatest Rival Stephen Greenblatt
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- The Neverending Empire: The Infinite Impact of Ancient Rome Aldo Cazzullo
- The Age of Genius: The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind A. C. Grayling
- History in the House: Some Remarkable Dons and the Teaching of Politics, Character and Statecraft Richard Davenport-Hines
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- The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind Simon Winchester
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- The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America John Fabian Witt
- The Eye: An Insider’s Memoir of Masterpieces, Money, and the Magnetism of Art Philippe Costamagna
- Magna Carta: The Making and Legacy of the Great Charter Dan Jones
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- The Gallery of Miracles and Madness: Insanity, Art and Hitler’s first Mass-Murder Programme Charlie English
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- Hoax: The Popish Plot That Never Was Victor Stater
- Perfect Coincidence: The Extraordinary Friendship and Astonishing Deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson Jim Rasenberger
- The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Young Columbus and the Quest for a Universal Library Edward Wilson-Lee
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