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Nigel Biggar, Robert Tombs - Our Islands' Story, Inbunden

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Our Islands' Story

A Better Story About Britain: ‘Teaches children it’s OK to be proud of British history’ The Telegraph

Av Nigel Biggar, Robert Tombs

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In recent years it has become fashionable to tell a certain kind of story about Britain. At its least offensive, this story emphasises the worst aspects of Britain’s past and neglects the best. At its most damaging, it denies, demeans or distorts the very fabric of our collective inheritance. This short and balanced history of the British Isles is the distillation of two lifetimes of esteemed scholarship. It offers both a powerful antidote to contemporary cynicism about Britain's past and an uplifting reminder of what we should carry with us into the future.In Our Islands’ Story, Nigel Biggar and Robert Tombs aim to tell a better story about Britain. Though not without fault, they argue, Britain's history is rich in achievements of enduring value that deserve our appreciation and care.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2026-10-22
  • Mått: 135 x 216 x 27 mm
  • Vikt: 378 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: Forum
  • Antal sidor: 272
  • Förlag: Swift Press
  • ISBN: 9781800756755
  • Uppläsare: Matt Bates
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Nigel Biggar, CBE is Lord Biggar of Castle Douglas and Emeritus Regius Professor of Moral Theology at the University of Oxford. Described as “one of the leading living Western ethicists” (John Gray, New Statesman, 2020), he was appointed Commander of the British Empire “for services to higher education” in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours list and named one of Prospect magazine’s Top Thinkers of 2024. In January 2025 he entered the House of Lords as a Conservative peer. He is the author of the best-selling Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning.Robert Tombs is Emeritus Professor of French History at the University of Cambridge and a Life Fellow of St John’s College. He is the author of The English and Their History and This Sovereign Isle.

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‘How immensely refreshing to read a history of Britain based entirely on facts, evidence and truth, rather than the corrosive woke self-hatred of much of today’s denunciations of our country’s story. The two professors deserve great praise for pointing out that, amongst its occasional and acknowledged flaws, Britain has improved the world hugely by her exertions and example’ - Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny

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