Books by James Hawes

I sin anmelderroste bestseller fortæller James Hawes historien om Europas mest beundrede og frygtede land, hele vejen fra Julius Cæsar til Angela Merkel. Med mere end 100 kort og billeder giver bogen et friskt, kortfattet og underholdende forsøg på at svare på spørgsmålene: Hvad er Tyskland? Ser landet mod vest eller øst? Er det overhovedet ét land? “Levende og vidtfavnende. Jeg kender ingen bedre gennemgang af historien om dette fantastiske land”- Philip Pullman

EXPLORE THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH ISLES THROUGH 80 EXTRAORDINARY CREATIONS, FROM BEOWULF AND THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY TO BANKSY, STORMZY, AND BEYONDA companion book to the landmark BBC series, Brilliant Isles tells the story of these islands through art, music, buildings and literature - the creations of visionaries, mavericks and rule-breakers who responded to their times and shaped the future. Whether read cover-to-cover or dipped into, this is a vibrant, surprising and witty guide to a unique culture, by one of our sharpest writers'Hawes's view of English history is sharp and vivid and extremely persuasive'PHILIP PULLMAN'At last a chance to get to grips with the entire history of England, and all in a few hours!'MAIL ON SUNDAY'An engaging, informative sprint through the story of our little island'INDEPENDENT'thorough and absorbing... [Hawes] brings the story right up to date, able to step back from the current madness with admirable clarity NEW EUROPEAN'A fantastic read. I would recommend it to anyone.'PAT KENNY, Newstalk Ireland'Such a thought-provoking read...

Efter at have kortlagt Tysklands brudlinjer i sin populære Den korte historie om Tyskland, vender James Hawes nu blikket mod sit hjemland, England. De eneste lande i Europa, der er lige så splittede af geografi og historie, er Italien og Tyskland, og ingen af dem har det dybeste skel af dem alle – den 1000 år gamle kulturelle kløft, som løber mellem de jævne englændere og deres eliter. Tag med på en hæsblæsende tur gennem historien, fra Cæsar til Brexit via emperiet og verdenskrigene, hvor Hawes opdager et England meget anderledes end det, vi troede, vi kendte. Det solide ø-rige, der er så stædigt selvstændigt, og som bryster sig af at have opfundet parlamentet, er faktisk præget af dybe skel, der truer nationens eksistens – skel, der er geografiske, klassemæssige, politiske og økonomiske.

Harry MacDonald had seen plenty of skulls - arsing about with some poor sod or other's skull is what pays Harry's rent - but until the day of his official thirty-ninth birthday (actually, Harry was knocking on forty), which was also the day he met Shnade again, he had never noticed the shape of his own skull-to-be;

John Goode is a leftie lecturer who just wants to give his beloved wife and kids a normal life. You know: north London, good schools, nice neighbours, sash windows...

Brian Marley, a divorced Englishman, is alone in the vilest jungle on earth, about to die live on television. When Brian contacts the outside world, the Headmaster is outraged to find an embattled New Labour MP unchallenged by a hapless Tory Party.

But the net was made for liars, and the coke-fuelled Salmon mistakes Jane for a writer who might save his bacon - and warm up his bed - and Jane dives happily into the white powder desert of actors, agents and W1 clubs.