The world

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THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR
ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

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 story. Some 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-queen. Here 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 drama. As 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.

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The World

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New york times bestseller a magisterial world history unlike any other that tells the story of humanity through the one thing we all have in common families from the author of the romanovs succession meets game of thrones the spectator the author brings his cast of dynastic titans Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 besteld, morgen in huis .. MEER INFO

De wereld

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Monumentale wereldgeschiedenis aan de hand van de machtigste dynastie n montefiore vertelt gretig over de geschiedenis van de wereld aan de hand van fraaie familieverhalen een tour de force paul van der steen trouw zo n 950 000 jaar geleden liep een gezin van vijf langs de kust de voets Op voorraad. Voor 23:00 uur besteld, morgen in huis .. MEER INFO

The World

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A thrilling epic and original history of humanity from a dazzlingly fresh and global perspective from the prize winning bestselling historian the times history book of the yearone of the economist s best books of the yearfrom the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author the sto Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 besteld, morgen in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: E-book

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 27 oktober 2022

Ebook Formaat: Adobe ePub

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Simon Sebag Montefiore

Hoofduitgeverij: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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EAN: 9780297869696

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