Britons (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Linda Colley
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: 1707-1837
- Setting: Great Britain
- Principal Characters: King George III, King James I (King James VI of Scotland), King James II, John Stuart, Lord Bute, Horatio Nelson, Sir Robert Walpole, first earl of Orford, Sir Arthur Wellesley, first duke of Wellington
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: Politics, England or English people, Eighteenth century, Great Britain, International relations, Monarchy
At a time when nations that have existed for generations are either disintegrating or threatening, to disintegrate, Linda Colley, a professor of history at Yale University, has produced a book that explores how the United Kingdom, one of the oldest and most illustrious nations, formed itself into a cohesive political system. Beginning with the Act of Union in 1707, which united Scotland politically and economically with the rest of Great Britain, she chronicles the development of the nation up to the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1837. The period saw the last of the Stuart monarchs...
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