The Story of India by Michael Wood
Weaves a narrative out of the 10,000-year history of the subcontinent. This book is a mixture of history and travelogue, and a portrait of India.A marvellously vivid portrait of India's 10,000-year-old cultural and religious history..Gorgeously illustrated and intelligently written, this is both an erudite and entertaining history * Sunday Telegraph on the hardback edition *
This is a beautifully illustrated cultural history, a traveller's tale and a compelling and readable guide to the rise and rise of a civilization * The Good Book Guide on the hardback edition *
Michael Wood is the maker of some of the best television documentaries ever made on history and archaeology. * Times Literary Supplement *
For more than 20 years, historian and broadcaster Michael Wood has made compelling journeys into the past, which have brought history alive for a generation of readers and viewers. He is the author of several highly praised books on English history including In Search of the Dark Ages, The Domesday Quest, In Search of England and In Search of Shakespeare. He has over 80 documentary films to his name, among them Art of the Western World, Legacy, In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great, Conquistadors and In Search of Myths and Heroes.
Michael was born in Manchester and educated at Manchester Grammar School and Oriel College Oxford, where he did post-graduate research in Anglo-Saxon history. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781846074608 |
| ISBN 10 | 1846074606 |
| Title | The Story of India |
| Author | Michael Wood |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Ebury Publishing |
| Year published | 2008-07-03 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
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