History of Britain eBook

All episodes of A History of Britain by Simon Schama. The Empire of Good Intentions. 3 / 4 How the liberal politics and free-market economics of the British Empire unravelled.

Britain (or more accurately, Great Britain) is the name of the largest of the British Isles, which lie off the northwest coast of continental Europe.The name is probably Celtic and derives from a word meaning 'white'; this is usually assumed to be a reference to the famous white cliffs of Dover, which any new arrival to the country by sea can hardly miss.