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ISBN10: 0304353876, ISBN13: 9780304353873, [publisher: Cassell] Hardcover New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 3.39
[North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]

ISBN10: 0304353876, ISBN13: 9780304353873, [publisher: Cassell] Hardcover 1008 pages. Dj wornWith a foreword by Simon Schama, one of th e world's foremost historians, and with 9000 chronological quotat ions arranged in 90 thematic chapters, this huge treasury is burs ting with historical gems. The verbal banquet comes courtesy of s uch diverse figures as Herodotus, Charlemagne, Dante, Shakespeare , Thomas More, Marie Antoinette, Napoleon, Harriet Tubman, Rasput in, Lenin, Nehru, Al Capone, Churchill, Charles Lindbergh, Mao, G loria Steinem, Susan Sontag, and hundreds more. These aren't quic k one-liners, but richly detailed and generous excerpts from spee ches, documents, literature, and other sources. Every continent a nd every major civilization receives representation and enlighten ing commentary, with topics ranging from the toppling of nations to the changes in science. All the quotations have annotations, w ith details about sources.
[Wellington, New Zealand] [Publication Year: 2004]