{"product_id":"black-british-an-illustrated-history","title":"Black \u0026 British An Illustrated History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis beautiful hardback gift book is a stunning visual journey through Black British history for younger readers \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eby award-winning historian and broadcaster David Olusoga and illustrated by Jake Alexander and Melleny Taylor. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 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 the First World War, Windrush and right up today. These are the stories that brought us all together in this country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen did Africans first come to Britain?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho are the well-dressed black children in Georgian paintings?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy did the American Civil War disrupt the Industrial Revolution?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese and many other questions are answered in this essential introduction to 1800 years of the Black British history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis 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, photos and portraits.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57314388181374,"sku":"NW9781529052954","price":12.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781529052954.jpg?v=1780956287","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/black-british-an-illustrated-history","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}