{"product_id":"black-and-british-an-illustrated-history","title":"Black And British: An Illustrated History","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis beautiful hardback gift book is a stunning visual journey though Black British history for younger readers by award-winning historian and broadcaster David Olusoga and illustrated by Jake Alexander and Melleny Taylor.\u003c\/b\u003e\r\n\r\nThe essential starting place for anyone who wants to learn about Black British history, David Olusoga's thought-provoking text charts the forgotten histories of Black people in Britain from Roman times right through to the present day.\r\n\r\nFrom Roman Africans guarding Hadrian's Wall, to an African trumpeter in the court of Henry the Eighth, Black Georgians fighting for the abolition of slavery, Black soldiers fighting for Britain in WWI, Windrush and right up today. These are the stories that brought us all together in this country.\r\n\r\nWhen did Africans first come to Britain? Who are the well-dressed black children in Georgian paintings? Why did the American Civil War disrupt the Industrial Revolution? These and many other questions are answered in this essential introduction to 1800 years of the Black British history.\r\n\r\nThis children's edition of the bestseller \u003ci\u003eBlack and British: A Forgotten History\u003c\/i\u003e is beautifully illustrated in full-colour with maps, portrait galleries, timelines, photographs, and portraits.","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Couverture rigide","offer_id":46535225770194,"sku":"9781529052954","price":38.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_1aad38f2-b19f-4acc-a9b8-17fc3e90d7cc.jpg?v=1763407376","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/fr\/products\/black-and-british-an-illustrated-history","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}