The British Imagination: A History Of Ideas From Elizabeth I To Ii Peter Watson Simon Schuster Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία World

From The Acclaimed Author Of German Genius And French Mind A Masterful Journey Through 500 Years British History Reign Queen Elizabeth I Ushered In An Unprecedented Age Exploration Discovery It Saw Island Nation Hitherto Cultural Backwater Begin For First Time To Occupy Realm Innovation Imagination That Had Centuries Been Domain China India Arab Nations Middle East With England’s ‘Gathering Greatness’ Asserted By Swashbuckling Generation Merchant Warriors Adventurers Epic Voyages Magellan Columbus Vasco Da Gama Francis Drake Charting ‘Great Beyond’ Became Clear Fortuitous Position On Edges Europe Atlantic Offered Ever-Wider Imaginative Horizons Indeed What Came Next Is Described Historian Peter Watson As ‘The Greatest Expansion Ideas Knowledge World Has Ever Seen ’ Lively Deeply Researched Encompasses Five Formed Contemporary Mindset Bacon Spectator Mary Wollstonecraft Barrett Browning James Clerk Maxwell Maynard Keynes Royal Society Industrial Revolution New Landings Eventual Colonization Quarter Ii Are We Still Asks Even Now Living \ Metaphysical Empire\ ? Breathtaking Scope Embracing Literature Science Art Religion Philosophy Politics Offers Captivating Stimulating Insight Into Most Influential Personalities Have Made Small Today Σελίδες: 544 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0522 Διαστάσεις: 15 3X15 3Cm