Treasures of British History : The Nation's Story Told through Its 50 Most Important Documents

Snow, Dan/ Snow, Peter

Welbeck（2018/08発売）

Welbeck（2018/08発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 192 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780233005621
• DDC分類 941

Full Description

Told by two of our most celebrated historians, this is a spirited journey of discovery of our nation's history seen through the examination of 50 key documents. With a wealth of experience between them on politics, military history and today's current affairs, Peter and Dan Snow are the perfect guides to appreciating the significance of each document. The documents have been researched from the collections of The National Archives, The British Museum, The British Library and the National Records of Scotland and are set alonside a commentary from the authors explaining their criteria for selection and providing the pertinent details of each document.

From the Magna Carta and Elizabeth's Tide Letter, in which she begs her sister for her life, to the official design for the FA Cup, Churchill's Finest Hour speech following the Fall of France, a ticket stub to the Beatles' first concert, and the signatories of the Good Friday Agreement, this beautifully designed book is a must-have for all history enthusiasts.

Contents

Including:
Vindolanda Tablet • Domesday Book • Magna Carta • Treaty of Perpetual Peace • Elizabeth Tide Letter • Drake's letter to Elizabeth I on victory over the Spanish • Guy Fawkes confession • Death Warrant of Charles I • Wren's drawing for the dome of St Paul's • Map of Battle of Blenheim • Cook's chart of Botany Bay • Bligh's Report on the Mutiny on the Bounty • Battle Map of Trafalgar • Wellington's Waterloo Dispatch • Gladstone's slave compensation • Penny Black Stamp • Brunel's notebook • Ada Lovelace letter to Charles Babbage • Design for the Great Exhibition building • Charge of the Light Brigade Order • Rorke's Drift Dispatch • Design for the FA Cup • Scott's last diary entry • Telegram from the Titanic • Balfour's Declaration of Palestine • Haig's 'backs to the wall' order • First edition of the Radio Times • Instrument of Abdication of Edward VIII • Churchill's 'Finest Hour' speech • Guy Gibson's logbook • Ticket stub for Beatles first concert with Ringo • Falklands Islands Surrender • Queen's planned speech following a nuclear attack • Tim Berners-Lee's memo for World Wide Web • The Good Friday Agreement • Ballot paper for the Scottish Referendum.