STORY OF MANKIND UPDATED PA - Couverture souple

Loon, Hendrik Willem Van

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0871401568 ISBN 13 : 9780871401564

Editeur : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1994

Synopsis

"The Story of Mankind" was first published in 1921. This updated version, retaining van Loon's original illustrations and maps, incorporates important developments since the 1960s, including the Vietnam War, space exploration and other scientific and medical advances.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

The Story of Mankind remains a marvel: a sparkling, erudite, idiosyncratic tour through the human experience from the mists of prehistory to the smoking aftermath of World War I. In van Loon's charming, virtuosic pages we meet scoundrels and ruffians and poets; we engage with Pericles, Mohammed and Metternich, Confucius and Savonarola and Voltaire; we stand amazed anew before Egyptian hieroglyphs, Gothic arches, Florentine frescoes and the steam engine. Ninety-two years on, modern accretions and all, what a pageant this charming narrator continues to offer us! --Meghan Gurdon

Biographie de l'auteur

Henrik Willem Van Loon received worldwide acclaim for the many books that he wrote and illustrated. Among his most beloved are The Story of the Bible and The Life and Times of Rembrandt. Robert Sullivan is the best-selling author of Rats and My American Revolution.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Date d'édition: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0871401568
• ISBN 13: 9780871401564
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 672
• Illustrateur: Loon Hendrik Willem Van
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible