I've now been informed that their is a charge for delivery £1.99. Why can't these sites be clear. Apparently its on free, when your order total is over £10. Though on the page for this it says free delivery?
I've seen this posted for £11.99. After a quick search found this deal.
Which includes the 30th anniversary edition and the 2nd Generation, which continues the story.
I remember watching the whole this as a Kid on TV. Great series, and from reviews still watchable today.
His name was Kunta Kinte.
Kidnapped from Africa and enslaved in America in 1767, he refused to accept his slave name of Toby. Heirs kept his heroic defiance alive, passing on his tale across generations until it reached a young boy growing up in Tennessee. His name was Alex Haley. Through the lineage of one family, Haley and his Pulitzer Prize-winning Roots told a story for all America and the world.
Seen by 130 million viewers during its premiere telecasts and the winner of dozens of awards, the David L. Wolper production remains an engrossing entertainment 30 years later. Embark on an unforgettable DVD journey.,
14 comments
seany1977
15 Dec 16#13
Good series but you would be better off showing '12 Years a Slave' in schools as a historical document.
Mountainash
15 Dec 16#12
Still a bloody good series though.
Hatchorder
15 Dec 16#11
*Steps on orange box*
Whilst I think the original series was an eye opener for many at the time it should never be presented as a work of historical fact. Alex Haley had to pay out hundreds of thousands of dollars in settlement for plagiarism to another author that he stole over 80 complete passages from his book. There is also evidence that he cannot trace his ancestry back and that most of the book was ghost written by a white man.
As a story it had some merits, and had he produced it as a work of fiction , without the plagiarism, then it would have been just that - a work of fiction. The fact he presented it as truth and it was supposedly proved by records through history that he had found, (Which actually prove the opposite), means that Alex Hayley has forever tarnished the story.
So for that reason it should not be viewed as anything other than a fictional story and should never be presented as a historical text in schools.
I have just been off and found this Article that goes into more depth
Sorry!
*Steps off orange box*
Ian
Bigfootpete
15 Dec 16#10
Excellent series - I watched it in NZ when it came out on tv - bought this last year I think but haven't watched it! :confused:
barron201253
15 Dec 16#9
Contact chicken George!
neilmonaghan56
15 Dec 16#8
I bought a box set for £9.99 a few weeks ago and i never paid postage for some reason.
Gollywood
15 Dec 16#7
I would recommend US Police force be made to watch some of this
cardboard_jase to Gollywood
17 Dec 16#14
Yeah, maybe Michael Brown would still be alive and the police officer whose gun he was trying to take would be dead in his place...
peter1969uk
14 Dec 161#6
Why are these sites never clear. As you can see it clearly says free delivery available on that item.
the engineer
14 Dec 16#5
Free delivery on orders over £10, otherwise it is £1.99
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I've seen this posted for £11.99. After a quick search found this deal.
Also available is http://www.zavvi.com/dvd/roots-the-complete-series/9983851.html £12.99
Which includes the 30th anniversary edition and the 2nd Generation, which continues the story.
I remember watching the whole this as a Kid on TV. Great series, and from reviews still watchable today.
His name was Kunta Kinte.
Kidnapped from Africa and enslaved in America in 1767, he refused to accept his slave name of Toby. Heirs kept his heroic defiance alive, passing on his tale across generations until it reached a young boy growing up in Tennessee. His name was Alex Haley. Through the lineage of one family, Haley and his Pulitzer Prize-winning Roots told a story for all America and the world.
Seen by 130 million viewers during its premiere telecasts and the winner of dozens of awards, the David L. Wolper production remains an engrossing entertainment 30 years later. Embark on an unforgettable DVD journey.,
14 comments
Whilst I think the original series was an eye opener for many at the time it should never be presented as a work of historical fact. Alex Haley had to pay out hundreds of thousands of dollars in settlement for plagiarism to another author that he stole over 80 complete passages from his book. There is also evidence that he cannot trace his ancestry back and that most of the book was ghost written by a white man.
As a story it had some merits, and had he produced it as a work of fiction , without the plagiarism, then it would have been just that - a work of fiction. The fact he presented it as truth and it was supposedly proved by records through history that he had found, (Which actually prove the opposite), means that Alex Hayley has forever tarnished the story.
So for that reason it should not be viewed as anything other than a fictional story and should never be presented as a historical text in schools.
I have just been off and found this Article that goes into more depth
Sorry!
*Steps off orange box*
Ian
http://www.zavvi.com/articles/delivery-information.list