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A History of the World in 47 Borders: The Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps
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Wydawca: Headline Publishing Group
Data wydania: 27.03.2025
Typ okładki:miękka okładka
EAN: 9781472298546
Opis
Opis
Fascinating' - TOM HOLLAND | 'A delight from start to finish' - MIRANDA SAWYER
'A novel and fascinating perspective on world history' - BILL BRYSON
'By turns surprising, funny, bleak, ridiculous, or all four of those at once' - GIDEON DEFOE
'Elledge writes with wry humour and infectious enthusiasm' - OBSERVER
People have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely arbitrary, these lines might often have looked very different if a war or treaty or the decisions of a handful of tired Europeans had gone a different way. By telling the stories of these borders, we can learn a lot about how political identities are shaped, why the world looks the way it does - and about the scale of human folly.
From the Roman attempts to define the boundaries of civilisation, to the secret British-French agreement to carve up the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, to the reason why landlocked Bolivia still maintains a navy, this is a fascinating, witty and surprising look at the history of the world told through its borders.
More endorsements for 47 BORDERS:
'Fascinating and hugely entertaining' - MARINA HYDE
'You'll never look at a map the same way again' - STEPHEN BUSH
'[A] clever, confounding history' - PATRICK MAGUIRE
'A witty grand tour' - DORIAN LYNSKEY
'Warm, funny and sharply political' - PHIL TINLINE
In the press:
'[A] sprightly telling' - New Statesman
'Open and inviting' - History Today
'Wonderfully nerdy - and at times shocking' - Byline Times
'A diverting and informative read' - theartsdesk.com
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Hachette UK Limited
Victoria Embankment 50 Carmelite House
EC4Y 0DZ London
enquiries@hachette.co.uk
44 20 3122 6000
'A novel and fascinating perspective on world history' - BILL BRYSON
'By turns surprising, funny, bleak, ridiculous, or all four of those at once' - GIDEON DEFOE
'Elledge writes with wry humour and infectious enthusiasm' - OBSERVER
People have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely arbitrary, these lines might often have looked very different if a war or treaty or the decisions of a handful of tired Europeans had gone a different way. By telling the stories of these borders, we can learn a lot about how political identities are shaped, why the world looks the way it does - and about the scale of human folly.
From the Roman attempts to define the boundaries of civilisation, to the secret British-French agreement to carve up the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, to the reason why landlocked Bolivia still maintains a navy, this is a fascinating, witty and surprising look at the history of the world told through its borders.
More endorsements for 47 BORDERS:
'Fascinating and hugely entertaining' - MARINA HYDE
'You'll never look at a map the same way again' - STEPHEN BUSH
'[A] clever, confounding history' - PATRICK MAGUIRE
'A witty grand tour' - DORIAN LYNSKEY
'Warm, funny and sharply political' - PHIL TINLINE
In the press:
'[A] sprightly telling' - New Statesman
'Open and inviting' - History Today
'Wonderfully nerdy - and at times shocking' - Byline Times
'A diverting and informative read' - theartsdesk.com
Producent/osoba odpowiedzialna za bezpieczeństwo produktu
Hachette UK Limited
Victoria Embankment 50 Carmelite House
EC4Y 0DZ London
enquiries@hachette.co.uk
44 20 3122 6000
Szczegóły
Szczegóły
Data wydania: 27.03.2025
Liczba stron: 384
Wymiary: 19.7x12.8
Typ okładki:miękka okładka
Wydawca: Headline Publishing Group
Autor:
Tytuł:A History of the World in 47 Borders: The Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps
EAN: 9781472298546
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