{"product_id":"9780008608569","title":"These Isles : A People’s History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Groom, Brian \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 26\/02\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 288 pages, 30 col plates (16pp),\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008608569,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn inventive new look at the entwined histories of Britain and Ireland’s nations – and the people who have called them home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Brian Groom, author of the bestselling Northerners, reveals a colourful and often-contested story of the Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Normans and others who have occupied these islands, along with their culture, languages and passions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Groom explores the role of religion and the British Empire, international diasporas and internal migration, gender relations and war in this entertaining narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With forays into popular culture, sport, music, language, literature and art, These Isles stretches from 800,000-year-old footprints on a Norfolk beach to the changing fortunes of the early 21st century. It offers a uniquely rich and kaleidoscopic vision of the shared stories of people across Britain and Ireland – past and present.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56384050233717,"sku":"9780008608569","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780008608569.jpg?v=1763806227","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780008608569","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}