Refreshes the parts other history books can't reach...A bit ropy on the Renaissance? In the dark about the Enlightenment? Or, in fact, do you need a revision course on the entire history of the world and want to read a witty, irreverent, definitely not boring romp through everything that has ever happened on planet earth - from 15 billion years BC to the present day? Good. A Less Boring History of the World tells you everything you need to know from the Big Bang to Barack Obama, taking in the Byzantines, the Black Death , the Boston Tea Party , Bonaparte, and Bin Laden along the way. Each historical episode is boiled down to edible, bite size chunks so that you can finally piece together all the different bits of history - and see how on earth we ended up in the mess we are today.
| ISBN: | 9780224087025 |
| Publication date: | 4th October 2012 |
| Author: | Dave Rear |
| Publisher: | Square Peg an imprint of Vintage |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 270 pages |
| Primary Genre | History |
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Refreshes the parts other history books can't reach...A bit ropy on the Renaissance? In the dark about the Enlightenment? Or, in fact, do you need a revision course on the entire history of the world and want to read a witty, irreverent, definitely not boring romp through everything that has ever happened on planet earth - from 15 billion years BC to the present day? Good. A Less Boring History of the World tells you everything you need to know from the Big Bang to Barack Obama, taking in the Byzantines, the Black Death , the Boston Tea Party , Bonaparte, and Bin Laden along the way. Each historical episode is boiled down to edible, bite size chunks so that you can finally piece together all the different bits of history - and see how on earth we ended up in the mess we are today.
A Less Boring History of the World features in the following genres: History, Biographies & Autobiographies, eBooks of the Month, History and Archaeology, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Recommendations
A Less Boring History of the World is available in Hardback
A Less Boring History of the World was written by Dave Rear and published by Square Peg an imprint of Vintage
A Less Boring History of the World has 270 pages
£17.09
