{"product_id":"the-britannias-an-archipelagos-tale-hardcover","title":"The Britannias: An Archipelago's Tale - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlice Albinia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Neolithic Orkney, Viking Shetland, and Druidical Anglesey to the joys and strangeness of modern Thanet, \u003cem\u003eThe Britannias\u003c\/em\u003e explores the farthest reaches of Britain's island topography, once known by the collective term \"Britanniae\" (the Britains). This expansive journey demonstrates how the smaller islands have wielded disproportionate influence on the mainland, becoming the fertile ground of political, cultural, and technological innovations that shaped history throughout the archipelago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an act of feminist inquiry, personal adventure, and literary quest, Alice Albinia embarks on a series of journeys that traverse Britain and reach beyond its contemporary borders--from Europe to the Caribbean, Ireland to Scandinavia. She walks the coastlines of Lindisfarne, sails through the Hebrides archipelago, and bikes into Westminster at dawn. As she takes us across extravagantly varied island topographies and surveys centuries of history, Albinia ranges between languages and genres, and through disparate island cultures. She talks to stubbornly independent islanders and searches for archaeological and linguistic traces of island identities, discovering distinct traditions and resistance to mainland control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrespassing into the past to understand the present, \u003cem\u003eThe Britannias\u003c\/em\u003e uncovers an enduring and subversive mythology of islands ruled by women. Albinia finds female independence woven through Roman colonial reports and Welsh medieval poetry, Restoration utopias and island folk songs. These neglected epics offer fierce feminist countercurrents to mainstream narratives of British identity and shed new light on women's status in the body politic today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVivid, perceptive, and disruptive, \u003cem\u003eThe Britannias\u003c\/em\u003e boldly upturns established truths about Britain while revealing its suppressed and forgotten beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePraise For \u003cem\u003eEmpires of the Indus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A magnificent book, a triumphant melding of travel and history into a compelling story of adventure and discovery.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Impressive and original.... In the course of her journey, Albinia encounters all kinds of danger, and at times her courage tips her into foolhardiness.... This, however, is the behaviour we expect of the best kind of travel writer.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Spellbinding.... An impressive achievement.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- \u003cem\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.64 x 9.14 x 6.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 27, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748874223904,"sku":"9780393608557","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b28fb874d2d1300ff138e286080a44a3.webp?v=1779918792","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-britannias-an-archipelagos-tale-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}