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Joseph Cummins

History's Great Untold Stories

The Larger Than Life Characters and Dramatic Events That Changed the World

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This eye-catching volume combines vivid first-hand accounts of pivotal events in history with authoritative commentary. Revealing startling links among events and people separated by centuries and continents, the epic struggles and bombastic personalities have been carefully chosen for their power to challenge some of the fiercest debates of our present day. Readers encounter William the Silent, a Dutch monarch whose assassination may have triggered the 1588 launch of the Spanish Armada and led Queen Elizabeth I to create the first known attempt at gun control. Another chapter introduces Rabban Sauma, a thirteenth-century Christian monk sent… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-4262-0031-1
  • EAN: 9781426200311
  • Produktnummer: 2532099
  • Verlag: National Geographic
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
  • Seitenangabe: 368 S.
  • Abbildungen: Farb. Abb.

Über den Autor


Joseph Cummins is the author of Cannibals: Shocking True Stories of the Last Taboo on Land and at Sea and The Greatest Search and Rescue Stories Ever Told. His book Anything for a Vote: A History of Dirty Tricks and October Surprises in America´s Presidential Elections will be published in Spring 2007.

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