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Title: The Britannias: An Island Quest
Author: Alice Albinia
Narrator: Alice Albinia
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 12 hours 32 minutes
Release date: October 19, 2023
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
Brought to you by Penguin. The Britannias tells the story of Britain's islands and how they are woven into its collective cultural psyche. From Neolithic Orkney to modern-day Thanet, Alice Albinia explores the furthest reaches of Britain's island topography, once known (wrote Pliny) by the collective term, Britanniae. Sailing over borders, between languages and genres, trespassing through the past to understand the present, this book knocks the centre out to foreground neglected epics and subversive voices. The ancient British mythology of islands ruled by women runs like a secret, hidden river through the literature of this land - from Roman colonial-era reports to early Welsh poetry, Renaissance drama to Restoration utopias - transcending and subverting the most male-fixated of ages. The Britannias looks far back into the past for direction and solace, while searching for new meaning about women's status in the body politic. Boldly upturning established truths about Britain, it pays homage to the islands' beauty, independence and their suppressed or forgotten histories. ©2023 Alice Albiniar (P)2023 Penguin Audio
