Rough Crossings - Simon Schama hits the bigtime
This book http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0563487097/026-9843732-4606047
is picking up good reviews. Basically it concerns slaves during the American Revolution and Britain's involvement in their fate. It's part of a huge deal worth £3 million - the largest advance given to a tv historian as there will be two BBC series scheduled on Anglo-American migration and relations to follow.
There's a review here http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=4316123 as I'm not going to shell out 20 quid - I'll wait for it in the library, but it does look an interesting subject.
An interview with the UK's most popular historian is here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2002/10/18/bascham18.xml
Ralphadeus. Music movies comics feature in this look at life from Somerset.
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