History In Quotations: Reflecting 5000 Years Of World History
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Cassell's History in Quotations is a unique and original collection of quotations as well as an ambitious and wide-ranging work of popular history. The quotations, which cover the key moments, movements and personalities of world history, deliver a mix of observation, eye-witness record, biographical judgement, and retrospective 'comment' by historians and others, thereby bringing historical events alive in a from of snapshot - as well as offering reflection on and analysis of those events. The mix is a rich and eclectic one: alongside quotations from such weighty historical documents as the ancient Sumerian king list and the US constitution are first-hand observations of famous events from Thermopylae to Tiananmen Square and from Gettysburg to Guernica, witty - and not always flattering - descriptions of personalities from Lincoln to Lenin and from Clemenceau to Clinton, and reflections on historical events from writers, poets and philosophers from Herodotus to Hemingway. Simultaneously a work of meticulously researched historical reference and an unputdownable entertainment offering rich pickings for the browser, History in Quotations gives the reader a front-row seat at the unfolding drama of 5000 years of world history.
Author: M.J. Cohen
Format: Hardback, 1040 pages, 172mm x 231mm, 1820 g
Published: 2004, Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom
Genre: History: World & General
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Cassell's History in Quotations is a unique and original collection of quotations as well as an ambitious and wide-ranging work of popular history. The quotations, which cover the key moments, movements and personalities of world history, deliver a mix of observation, eye-witness record, biographical judgement, and retrospective 'comment' by historians and others, thereby bringing historical events alive in a from of snapshot - as well as offering reflection on and analysis of those events. The mix is a rich and eclectic one: alongside quotations from such weighty historical documents as the ancient Sumerian king list and the US constitution are first-hand observations of famous events from Thermopylae to Tiananmen Square and from Gettysburg to Guernica, witty - and not always flattering - descriptions of personalities from Lincoln to Lenin and from Clemenceau to Clinton, and reflections on historical events from writers, poets and philosophers from Herodotus to Hemingway. Simultaneously a work of meticulously researched historical reference and an unputdownable entertainment offering rich pickings for the browser, History in Quotations gives the reader a front-row seat at the unfolding drama of 5000 years of world history.
History In Quotations: Reflecting 5000 Years Of World History