History in Quotations Reflecting 5000 Years of World History
by Cohen, M. J. & John S. Major & Simon Schama
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0304353876
- ISBN 13
- 9780304353873
- Seller
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Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
Cassell. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0304353876 . Stiff unmarked book in crisp dust jacket; about new; 7 X 2.5 X 9 inches; 1040 pages; With a foreword by Simon Schama, one of the worlds foremost historians, and with 9000 chronological quotations arranged in 90 thematic chapters, this huge treasury is bursting with historical gems. The verbal banquet comes courtesy of such diverse figures as Herodotus, Charlemagne, Dante, Shakespeare, Thomas More, Marie Antoinette, Napoleon, Harriet Tubman, Rasputin, Lenin, Nehru, Al Capone, Churchill, Charles Lindbergh, Mao, Gloria Steinem, Susan Sontag, and hundreds more. These arent quick one-liners, but richly detailed and generous excerpts from speeches, documents, literature, and other sources. Every continent and every major civilization receives representation and enlightening commentary, with topics ranging from the toppling of nations to the changes in science. All the quotations have annotations, with details about sources. .
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- Bookseller
- B-Line Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 63960
- Title
- History in Quotations Reflecting 5000 Years of World History
- Author
- Cohen, M. J. & John S. Major & Simon Schama
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0304353876
- ISBN 13
- 9780304353873
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- 0304353876
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About the Seller
B-Line Books
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Amherst, Nova Scotia
About B-Line Books
B-Line Books is an internet business operating from my large home in Amherst, Nova Scotia. I am a retired English teacher with a lifetime of gathered books for sale. Presently, about 24,000 books in 90 categories are listed with an emphasis in the humanities. I look for books I am interested in myself, and feel that most of the inventory is of high quality. See for yourself.
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