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| ACTORS: | Simon Schama |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| MANUFACTURER: | A & E Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Box set |
| TYPE: | Documentary |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 5 |
| UPC: | 733961704464 |
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Customer Reviews of A History of Britain - The Complete Collection
I wish Simon Schama had been my history teacher. Perhaps I'm wrong, but history seems to be undergoing a renaissance in Britain at the moment. In the week between Christmas and New Year I actually heard one particularly talent-less hack say that History is the new reality TV, I mean please!
The upside of this is that series like this one are made. Simon Schama gives us what I suppose could be best described as a "Whistle Stop Tour" through the events and people who wrote the history of England, Britain and consequently the world in the past 1000 years. Presented in a sometimes irreverent and always entertaining way, Schama takes the dusty old ornaments of history down from the mantelpiece and gives them a good scrubbing. Long dead Monarchs and everyday people seem less distant, their motives more comprehensible, the man truly has a gift.
In Britain, the BBC are often the subject of worry or doubts about it's future survival much less viability, with people looking back on a time when BBC was a byword for quality and lamenting a perceived decline in standards, but as long as she continues to produce this standard of programme auntie's health will never be a problem.
Magna Britania!
A must have for any teacher of AP European History. Perfect for "After-School Theater" sessions. This series is nearly all you'll need to highlight and review most of the events of British history which are crucial in the AP European History curriculum.
Undoubtedly, this very modern series was produced with an adult audience in mind, as Schama's (at times) over-dramatic use of metaphor and allusion often flies over the heads of my 14 and 15 year old students. But generally, they have no problem following the basic storylines which Schama has laid out. Most seem to rather enjoy the presentation - especially those who "get" Schama's more subtle side.
Overall, the series is informative, entertaining, and told from a very human perspective. For much of the series, Schama is narrating from the very places where the events he is discussing took place - helping to give the viewer feeling of participation. (At a minimum, one at least feels, a bit, as if they've just taken a trip to Britain.) Add to this a good amount of historical reenactment, and you get a very different style from Ken Burns - fascinating and relevant in its own right.
Most noteworthy for AP use are the episodes on disc III:
"The Body of the Queen" - the story of Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots
"The British Wars" - covering the reign of Charles I and the 17th century civil wars.
"Revolutions" - from Oliver Cromwell through the Glorious Revolution.
Overall, this series is a very worthwhile purchase - one of the best DVD sets I've seen. Definitely the best, and most complete set on British history. Worth every haypenny!
Very good, covers a lot of ground.
I really don't understand the one-star reviews and their complaints about the series. Saying that the series focused on the gory details and sex is a plain exageration. The series leaves a lot of stuff out that's for sure, there is not a lot of coverage on the wars with Spain and France or the overseas expansion, but I am ok with that since I wanted a "quick" overview of the matter. If you want a detailed account you are going to need several thick books.
A must-buy for any amateur historian; informative and very entertaining.