Terrible Beauty: A Cultural History of the Twentieth Century
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Terrible Beauty: A Cultural History of the Twentieth Century by Peter Watson
A history of the twentieth century which covers all the ideas, people, great events, literary and artistic movements, scientific discoveries which have shaped the twentieth century. 'Breathtakingly entertaining, endlessly instructive, irresistibly enjoyable' THE TIMES
Breathtakingly entertaining, endlessly instructive, irresistibly enjoyable * THE TIMES *
A tour de force of monumental proportions .. flawlessly, mesmerically narrative ... its capacity to engage is almost intoxicating * SPECTATOR *
A brilliant concept ... I am lost in admiration * GLASGOW HERALD *
This mammoth history of 20th-century ideas is a tour de force, the product of omnivorous reading and encyclopaedic erudition ... Watson is a highly talented populariser with a gift for precis * INDEPENDENT *
A TERRIBLE BEAUTY is a magnificent achievement, highly readable, absorbing and stimulating * LITERARY REVIEW *
A tour de force of monumental proportions .. flawlessly, mesmerically narrative ... its capacity to engage is almost intoxicating * SPECTATOR *
A brilliant concept ... I am lost in admiration * GLASGOW HERALD *
This mammoth history of 20th-century ideas is a tour de force, the product of omnivorous reading and encyclopaedic erudition ... Watson is a highly talented populariser with a gift for precis * INDEPENDENT *
A TERRIBLE BEAUTY is a magnificent achievement, highly readable, absorbing and stimulating * LITERARY REVIEW *
Peter Watson was born in 1943 and educated at the universities of Durham, London and Rome. He was deputy editor of New Society and spent four years as part of the 'Insight' team of The Sunday Times. He was New York correspondent of The Times and has written for the Observer, The New York Times, Punch and The Spectator. He is the author of thirteen books and has presented several television programmes about the arts. Since 1998 he has been a Research Associate at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, at the University of Cambridge.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781842124444 |
| ISBN 10 | 1842124447 |
| Title | Terrible Beauty: A Cultural History of the Twentieth Century |
| Author | Peter Watson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2001-11-15 |
| Number of pages | 864 |
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