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Readers should not be daunted by the ambitious timeframe of this first installment of Schama's (Rembrandt's Eyes) two-volume, popular history of Britain, which will accompany the History Channel's upcoming seven-part series. The author makes quick work of 3000 years of pre-Roman Britain, dispensing with the Iron Age in the first seven pages (roughly the same amount of space he grants the far racier trial and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots). This anecdote-driven narrative, complemented by 150 full-col...Log In or Sign Up to Read More