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A History of Water

- Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two Visions of Global History
Af: Edward Wilson-Lee Engelsk Hardback

A History of Water

- Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two Visions of Global History
Af: Edward Wilson-Lee Engelsk Hardback
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A Times History Book of the Year 2022A TLS Book of the Year 2022‘Exhilarating and whip-smart’ THE SUNDAY TIMESFrom award-winning writer Edward Wilson-Lee, this is a thrilling true historical detective story set in sixteenth-century Portugal.A History of Water follows the interconnected lives of two men across the Renaissance globe. One of them – an aficionado of mermen and Ethiopian culture, an art collector, historian and expert on water-music – returns home from witnessing the birth of the modern age to die in a mysterious incident, apparently the victim of a grisly and curious murder. The other – a ruffian, vagabond and braggart, chased across the globe from Mozambique to Japan – ends up as the national poet of Portugal.The stories of Damião de Góis and Luís de Camões capture the extraordinary wonders that awaited Europeans on their arrival in India and China, the challenges these marvels presented to longstanding beliefs, and the vast conspiracy to silence the questions these posed about the nature of history and of human life.Like all good mysteries, everyone has their own version of events.
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A Times History Book of the Year 2022A TLS Book of the Year 2022‘Exhilarating and whip-smart’ THE SUNDAY TIMESFrom award-winning writer Edward Wilson-Lee, this is a thrilling true historical detective story set in sixteenth-century Portugal.A History of Water follows the interconnected lives of two men across the Renaissance globe. One of them – an aficionado of mermen and Ethiopian culture, an art collector, historian and expert on water-music – returns home from witnessing the birth of the modern age to die in a mysterious incident, apparently the victim of a grisly and curious murder. The other – a ruffian, vagabond and braggart, chased across the globe from Mozambique to Japan – ends up as the national poet of Portugal.The stories of Damião de Góis and Luís de Camões capture the extraordinary wonders that awaited Europeans on their arrival in India and China, the challenges these marvels presented to longstanding beliefs, and the vast conspiracy to silence the questions these posed about the nature of history and of human life.Like all good mysteries, everyone has their own version of events.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 368
ISBN-13: 9780008358228
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0008358222
Kategori: Portugal
Udg. Dato: 4 aug 2022
Længde: 37mm
Bredde: 163mm
Højde: 241mm
Forlag: HarperCollins Publishers
Oplagsdato: 4 aug 2022
Forfatter(e): Edward Wilson-Lee
Forfatter(e) Edward Wilson-Lee


Kategori Portugal


ISBN-13 9780008358228


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 368


Udgave


Længde 37mm


Bredde 163mm


Højde 241mm


Udg. Dato 4 aug 2022


Oplagsdato 4 aug 2022


Forlag HarperCollins Publishers

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