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245 14 a| The discovery of Britain :b| an accidental history /c| Graham Robb.;

250 a| First American edition.;

264 1 a| New York, NY :b| W. W. Norton & Company,c| 2026.;

300 a| xiii, 443 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 24 cm;

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500 a| First published in Great Britain in 2025 as The discovery of Britain: an accidental history from 500 million BC to the next election by Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan -- Title page verso.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and indexes.;

505 0 a| Off course -- 'Crap country' -- The size of Britain -- Sea-fearing nation -- 'Barbarians beyond the ocean' -- The Iron Age atlas of the British Isles -- 'Yon outrageous Romans' -- Invisible invaders -- 'When is this?' -- The shires -- Conquered -- 'High or lowly' -- Servants of history -- 'A tale tauld bi an idjot' -- 'Al was hethynesse som time Engelond and Walis' -- Uplonders -- The good fight -- 'Perillous dayes' -- 'The field has eyes, the wood has ears' -- Megalopolis -- From the neck down -- A new earth -- The home empire -- Speed -- Muddling through -- Black country -- Classrooms -- Playing fields -- Semi-detatched -- The eastern front -- This happy breed -- 'Exceptional hardship' -- Secrets -- Accidental journey.;

520 a| "Interweaving personal and historical narratives and making use of contemporary sources, Graham Robb's lively exploration of Britain through the ages peels back the layers of this island and shows how it came to be. We follow Robb as he travels along the warpaths of long-forgotten kings, under the chalk ramparts and grassy folds of ancient hill-towns, down the ghost trails of Roman and Saxon streets. Armed with poignant observations and an infectious love for his subject, Robb recounts the epic stories of wars and conquests, of feuding kings an rebellious peasants, of innovations and upheavals, from the creation of Stonehenge to the dawn of the railway, from the advent of multiculturalism to the recent political earthquakes--distilling a social, political, and geographical history of Britain that is at once panoramic and intimate, poignant and entertaining" --c| Front jacket flap.;

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The discovery of Britain : an accidental history / Graham Robb.

Author/creator	Robb, Graham, 1958- author.
Format	Book
Edition	First American edition.
Publication	New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, 2026.
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	xiii, 443 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects	Great Britain--History. Great Britain--Civilization.

Contents	Off course -- 'Crap country' -- The size of Britain -- Sea-fearing nation -- 'Barbarians beyond the ocean' -- The Iron Age atlas of the British Isles -- 'Yon outrageous Romans' -- Invisible invaders -- 'When is this?' -- The shires -- Conquered -- 'High or lowly' -- Servants of history -- 'A tale tauld bi an idjot' -- 'Al was hethynesse som time Engelond and Walis' -- Uplonders -- The good fight -- 'Perillous dayes' -- 'The field has eyes, the wood has ears' -- Megalopolis -- From the neck down -- A new earth -- The home empire -- Speed -- Muddling through -- Black country -- Classrooms -- Playing fields -- Semi-detatched -- The eastern front -- This happy breed -- 'Exceptional hardship' -- Secrets -- Accidental journey.
Abstract	"Interweaving personal and historical narratives and making use of contemporary sources, Graham Robb's lively exploration of Britain through the ages peels back the layers of this island and shows how it came to be. We follow Robb as he travels along the warpaths of long-forgotten kings, under the chalk ramparts and grassy folds of ancient hill-towns, down the ghost trails of Roman and Saxon streets. Armed with poignant observations and an infectious love for his subject, Robb recounts the epic stories of wars and conquests, of feuding kings an rebellious peasants, of innovations and upheavals, from the creation of Stonehenge to the dawn of the railway, from the advent of multiculturalism to the recent political earthquakes--distilling a social, political, and geographical history of Britain that is at once panoramic and intimate, poignant and entertaining" -- Front jacket flap.
General note	First published in Great Britain in 2025 as The discovery of Britain: an accidental history from 500 million BC to the next election by Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan -- Title page verso.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Genre/form	Informational works.
Genre/form	Illustrated works.
Genre/form	Documents d'information.
Genre/form	Ouvrages illustrés.
ISBN	9781324074946
ISBN	1324074949 hardcover

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