Days That Shook the World by Hugo Davenport
"Days that Shook the World" examines some of the most important days in history, creating a detailed and forensic analysis of 24 hours that changed the world. It covers some of the biggest themes in World history - from the history of flight, to the rise and fall of Communism.
Benefiting from its tie-in to a high- profile BBC2 series, this is history at its mostly livelyEach lavishly illustrated chapter includes two key moments that shaped events. Hence, the opening chapter on atomic power zeroes in on the day the bomb destroyed Hiroshima and the Chernobyl meltdown. The rise and fall of communism are highlighted by the Romanov assassinations and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Davenport's background as a history journalist enables him to reduce complex threads to simple, sparky sentences. His text on the monarchy concludes that, for all the Queen's efforts to promote its continuing value, many of her descendants still trail a whiff of her abdicated uncle Edward VIII's "faint but unmistakable air of futility".
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| ISBN 13 | 9780563487838 |
| ISBN 10 | 0563487836 |
| Title | Days That Shook the World |
| Author | Hugo Davenport |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Ebury Publishing |
| Year published | 2003-10-02 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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