• “The title of the DVD should be A Political History of England. It suffers from the kind of thoughtless discrimination that characterises the Oxbridge mindset. Forget Britain - the rest of the British Isles only get a mention when their histories happen to impact upon England's narrative. For example, The Battle of Flodden, a disaster for Scotland, gets a fleeting mention during extended discourse on England's duels with France. The actual history dealt with is of the unreconstructed kind that bored me to tears in school two decades ago. You'll learn all about the Edwards, Henrys, Cromwells and Becketts, of course. What was life like for a peasant farmer in the 15th century? How did Scots Gaelic fall into decline? What prospects for betterment did a woman have living in Manchester during the industrial revolution? What kind of food did people actually eat during the Renaissance? Such basic, interesting questions are of no concern to Schama, whose sardonic delivery verg es more towards entertaining than informative. So, if you want the bare bones of English history, this DVD might work for you. If you want to delve a little deeper, or happen to be British but not English, you might find this offensive. ”

  From: Count Zero

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