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Beneath Another Sky: A Global Journey into History
Beneath Another Sky: A Global Journey into History
hardback | English
Published:
7 December, 2017
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781846148316 |
| ISBN10 | 1846148316 |
| Number Of Pages | 768 |
| Item Weight | 1298 g |
| Product Dimensions | 160 x 50 x 238 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Allen Lane |
| Format | hardback |
| Edition | 01 |
Media Reviews
A book of wonders ... He writes history like nobody else. He thinks like nobody else. He is a one-man refutation of the old idea that history is always written by the victors. He writes from a perspective that certainly takes in the victors, but also the foolish, the wicked, the marginal, the defeated, the disappeared and the forgotten. He sees the world as a whole, with its limitless fund of stories. He sees the accidental nature of human lives and the infinite variety of the delusions by which we survive -- Bryan Appleyard * Sunday Times *
If you are someone, or know someone, who is romanced by stamps, or maps, or names, or journeys, or plaques - someone whose head is always popping up from the papers or a Radio 4 documentary with the words did you know? then I recommend this book to you. I loved it. It deserves a shelf of its own -- David Aaronovitch * The Times *
A rich, thought-stirring and deeply engaging blend of travelogue, memoir and historical investigation -- John Gray * New Statesman *
Author's Bio
Norman Davies was for many years a professor at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, London University. He is the author of the acclaimed Vanished Kingdoms and the number one bestseller Europe: A History. His previous books, which include Rising '44, The Isles: A History and God's Playground: A History of Poland, have been translated worldwide. He has researched at universities from Harvard to Hokkaido, and is a Fellow of the British Academy, an Honorary Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford, and a visiting scholar at Pembroke College, Cambridge.