1492
The Year the World Began
On Sale: 11/02/2010
1492
The Year the World Began
On Sale: 11/02/2010
Format:
About the Book
1492: Not Simply the YearColumbus Sailed the Ocean Blue . . .In this extraordinary, sweeping history,Felipe Fernández-Armesto traces key elements of the modern worldback to that single fateful year when everything changed.
Critical Praise
“In this admirable history, Fernández-Armesto has written a book of travels not unlike those of Marco Polo, filled with marvels and sensations, rich in description and replete with anecdote. 1492 is a compendium of delights.” — The Times (London)
In his stimulating new book, Fernandez-Armesto offers a model of how to write popular history: accessible, provocative and full of telling detail. (4 stars) — Mail on Sunday (London)
“Fernandez-Armesto’s narrative fluidity, not to mention an ability to turn a phrase, converts facts into context in an attractively readable manner.... Surveying the planet entire in 1492, Fernández-Armesto brilliantly sweeps a startling breadth of history into his unified narrative.” — Booklist
“Fernández-Armesto challenges some long-standing historical thinking…. The compiled information adds immensely to the understanding of world that ended and began in 1492…. 1492 changes our view of history.” — San Antonio Express-News
-Resources
Product Details
- ISBN: 9780061132285
- ISBN 10: 0061132284
- Imprint: HarperOne
- On Sale: 11/02/2010
- Pages: 352
- List Price:19.99 CAD
- BISAC1 : RELIGION / General
- BISAC2 : HISTORY / General
- BISAC3 : HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico
- BISAC4 : HISTORY / Medieval
- BISAC5 : COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Religious
- BISAC6 : COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction / General
- BISAC7 : HISTORY / World