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Titans of History: The Giants Who Made Our World by Montefiore, Simon Sebag, pa
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780525564461
- Book Title
- Titans of History : the Giants Who Made Our World
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Reference, General, World, Historical
- Item Weight
- 20.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 640 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0525564462
ISBN-13
9780525564461
eBay Product ID (ePID)
21038710862
Product Key Features
Book Title
Titans of History : the Giants Who Made Our World
Number of Pages
640 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Topic
Reference, General, World, Historical
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
20.8 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2018-014804
Reviews
"Entertaining and informative. Full of offbeat, fascinating detail." -- Sunday Telegraph "These sparkling biographical essays include all the usual suspects. . . . It's a tour of the good, the bad and the ugly." -- Mail on Sunday (U.K.) "Compulsive reading." -- The Times (London) "We do not shudder at the depths to which men and women throughout history have sunk, but experience a piquant relish . . . a book that reminds us how thin the veneer of civilisation is." -- The Times "A survey of great historical figures favours villainy over goodness. . . . A compilation of short biographical profiles . . . catering to our appalled fascination with evil. Monsters outnumber heroes. Stalin, the subject of Montefiore's superb two-volume biography, is the prototype for many of the maniacal autocrats whose rages and rampages are described here. A strutting parade of psychopathic dictators, warlords, malevolent dwarves. . . . Montefiore finds room for a few gods, one or two secular saints, American founding fathers, Lincoln and Churchill, and a smattering artists and scientists, but their achievements hardly manage to maintain the pretence of civilisation. What excites Montefiore is villainy . . . and he does this with wicked verve." -- The Observer "Comprehensive, chilling and highly compelling. A first-class chronologically arranged catalogue that engages as it teaches." -- Daily Express
Synopsis
In this inspiring, horrifying, and accessible collection of short, entertaining, and vivid life stories, Simon Sebag Montefiore--one of our pre-eminent historians and a prizewinning writer--presents the giant characters who have changed the course of world history. These titans of history--encompassing queens, empresses, and actresses, kings, sultans, and conquerors, as well as prophets, artists, courtesans, psychopaths, and explorers--lived lives of astonishing drama, courage and adventure, debauchery and slaughter, virtue and crime. The subjects range widely throughout time and geography from Buddha and Genghis Khan to Nero and Churchill; from Catherine the Great and Anne Frank to Toussaint l'Ouverture and Martin Luther King; from Mozart to Mao; from Jesus Christ and Shakespeare to Einstein and Elvis. Through these lives, Montefiore recounts the most momentous world events--from ancient times to the Crusades, the Holocaust, and the Gulf Wars. These are the historical figures that everyone should know and the stories we should never forget., From the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanovs --and one of our pre-eminent historians and a prizewinning writer--comes an inspiring, horrifying, and accessible collection of short, entertaining, and vivid life stories about the giant characters who have changed the course of world history. These titans of history--encompassing queens, empresses, and actresses, kings, sultans, and conquerors, as well as prophets, artists, courtesans, psychopaths, and explorers--lived lives of astonishing drama, courage and adventure, debauchery and slaughter, virtue and crime. The subjects range widely throughout time and geography from Buddha and Genghis Khan to Nero and Churchill; from Catherine the Great and Anne Frank to Toussaint l'Ouverture and Martin Luther King; from Mozart to Mao; from Jesus Christ and Shakespeare to Einstein and Elvis. Through these lives, Montefiore recounts the most momentous world events--from ancient times to the Crusades, the Holocaust, and the Gulf Wars. These are the historical figures that everyone should know and the stories we should never forget.
LC Classification Number
CT104.S33 2018
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- u***a (60)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThe item was as described, shipped on time, and packed well. The seller even quickly responded to an address change I had to do! I have no complaints here :) Would buy again!!
- c***n (382)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseArrived quickly in a 2-layer corrugated book mailer, and in like-new condition. I relied on the seller's description, since the photo was a generic image, and was not disappointed. Great transaction.
- o***o (331)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseBook promptly shipped, well packed, in very good condition as described. Price was fair. A smooth transaction. Quality seller.