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They Made Great Britain
- The Men and Women Who Shaped the Modern World
Engelsk
Bogcover for They Made Great Britain af Adrian Sykes, 9780956238733
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
616
ISBN-13:
9780956238733
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0956238734
Udg. Dato:
7 aug 2014
Længde:
31mm
Bredde:
189mm
Højde:
250mm
Forlag:
Everyman
Oplagsdato:
7 aug 2014
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They Made Great Britain

- The Men and Women Who Shaped the Modern World
Engelsk
Paperback
Format:

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From the end of the last Ice Age (10,000 years ago) to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965, Adrian Sykes narrates the history and achievements of these islands,their inhabitants and their origins,through the stories of some 3000+ men & women who have shaped not just our history but the modern world. The story is interspersed with countless inventions, deeds of daring do and wickednesses, as well as the origins of innumerable words and phrases,often surprisingly early.

From Nosey Parker - Elizabeth I of her Archbishop of Canterbury,to mayonnaise - the battle of Mahon,which the victorious French admiral celebrated by inventing mayonnaise and after which we hanged Admiral Byng who lost it "to encourage the others",as Voltaire put it. Sykes astonishes on every page, whether with the origin of everyday phrases or nursery rhymes or the countless inventions of the British, from the lead pencil (1568), the tin can, the bicycle, screw propeller and jet engine to DNA, LCD crystals, cement, the electric kettle, the vacuum cleaner and Marmite.
Beautifully illustrated and with maps of exceptional clarity,this is a book hard to put down in which you learn something very surprising on every page.



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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
616
ISBN-13:
9780956238733
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0956238734
Udg. Dato:
7 aug 2014
Længde:
31mm
Bredde:
189mm
Højde:
250mm
Forlag:
Everyman
Oplagsdato:
7 aug 2014
Forfatter(e):
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