Peter Ackroyd Voyages Through Time: Escape From Earth Peter Ackroyd

Name: Peter Ackroyd Voyages Through Time: Escape From Earth By Peter Ackroyd
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Peter Ackroyd Voyages Through Time: Escape From Earth by Peter Ackroyd

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SeriesVoyages Through Time

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This text tells the story of humankind's desire to break free from the Earth. Follow dramatic, political power struggles, German scientists switching allegiance and what happened to early rockets transporting fruit flies into space.

Peter Ackroyd Voyages Through Time: Escape From Earth Summary

Peter Ackroyd Voyages Through Time: Escape From Earth by Peter Ackroyd

The astonishing story of humankind's desire to break free from the Earth. Follow dramatic, political power struggles, German scientists switching allegiance and what happened to early rockets transporting fruit flies into space.
Peter Ackroyd brilliantly explains the era of space travel in this first title in his epic new 10-volume history of the world for children. Let the voyage begin.

Peter Ackroyd Voyages Through Time: Escape From Earth Reviews

Sunday Times (Culture) the most enjoyable non-fiction of the year for readers of nine and over .both (books) demonstrate how gripping facts can be when expounded not in snippets but in continuous prose. Sunday Times (Culture) Both volumes are riveting .these are not just sound-bite snacks for short attention spans, but unfolding feasts that leave you with a sense of wonder that, in the mind-boggling span of the Universe, you are there at all to read them.

About Peter Ackroyd

Voyages Through Time is Peter Ackroyd's first work for children. He has been the literary editor of The Spectator and chief book reviewer for the The Times as well as writing several highly acclaimed biographies including "T.S. Eliot: A Life" and "London: the biography".

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GOR003640451

ISBN 13

9781405300339

ISBN 10

1405300337

Title

Peter Ackroyd Voyages Through Time: Escape From Earth by Peter Ackroyd

Author

Peter Ackroyd

Series

Voyages Through Time

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Dorling Kindersley Ltd

Year published

2003-09-25

Number of pages

144

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N/A

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