- Hem
- Böcker
- Kurslitteratur
- Historia
- The World (häftad, eng)
The World (häftad, eng)
THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR
ONE OF THE ECONOMIST''S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
From the master storyteller...
Produktbeskrivning
THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR
ONE OF THE ECONOMIST''S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from prehistory to the present day, told through the one thing all humans have in common: family
We begin with the footsteps of a family walking along a beach 950,000 years ago. From here, Montefiore takes us on an exhilarating epic journey through the families that have shaped our world: the Caesars, Medicis and Incas, Ottomans and Mughals, Bonapartes, Habsburgs and Zulus, Rothschilds, Rockefellers and Krupps, Churchills, Kennedys, Castros, Nehrus, Pahlavis and Kenyattas, Saudis, Kims and Assads.
A rich cast of complex characters form the beating heart of the storySome are well-known leaders, from Alexander the Great, Attila, Ivan the Terrible and Genghis Khan to Hitler, Thatcher, Obama, Putin and Zelensky. Some are creative, from Socrates, Michelangelo and Shakespeare to Newton, Mozart, Balzac, Freud, Bowie and Tim Berners-Lee.
Others are lesser-known: Hongwu, who began life as a beggar and founded the Ming dynasty; Kamehameha, conqueror of Hawaii; Zenobia, Arab empress who defied Rome; King Henry of Haiti; Lady Murasaki, first female novelist; Sayyida al-Hurra, Moroccan pirate-queenHere are not just conquerors and queens but prophets, charlatans, actors, gangsters, artists, scientists, doctors, tycoons, lovers, wives, husbands and children.
This is world history on the most grand and intimate scale - spanning centuries, continents and cultures, and linking grand themes of war, migration, plague, religion, medicine and technology to the people at the centre of the human dramaAs spellbinding as fiction, The World captures the story of humankind in all its joy, sorrow, romance, ingenuity and cruelty in a ground-breaking, single narrative that will forever shift the boundaries of what history can achieve.
Format | Häftad |
Omfång | 1344 sidor |
Språk | Engelska |
Förlag | Orion Publishing Co |
Utgivningsdatum | 2023-08-01 |
ISBN | 9781780225616 |
Specifikation
Böcker
- Pocket, 1344, Engelska, Orion Publishing Group, 2023-08-31, 9781780225616
Leverans
Betalning
Specifikation
Det finns tyvärr inga specifikationer att visa för denna produkt.