Hywel Williams
Auteur van Dagen die de wereld veranderden 50 beslissende gebeurtenissen in de wereldgeschiedenis
Over de Auteur
Hywel Williams taught at the University of Cambridge and at Rugby School.
Werken van Hywel Williams
Dagen die de wereld veranderden 50 beslissende gebeurtenissen in de wereldgeschiedenis (2006) 228 exemplaren
Cassell's Chronology of World History: Dates, Events and Ideas That Made History (2005) 128 exemplaren
Chronology of World History 1 exemplaar
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Days That Changed the World: The 50 Defining Events… door Hywel Williams
A fantastic book which shows 50 different events which have shaped history. The author describes the event and then provides the background to what lead up to the event and the impact the event had on shaping the world as we know it today.
A beautiful book, with 50 well chosen, although as the editor freely admits, subjectively chosen, days that inarguably changed the world.
But the writing was dry, and overly focused on battlefield/military statistics for my personal tastes; I quickly lost track of who did what to whom, and when they did it - especially since the writer(s) often went back and forth in time in an attempt to flesh out events.
I was also surprised by the poor editing; call me naive but I expected better from a Folio Society publication. Spaces missing between words and sentences that were incomplete or nonsensical did nothing to improve my opinion. It's not a bad read; it's just not as good as I'd hoped.… (meer)
But the writing was dry, and overly focused on battlefield/military statistics for my personal tastes; I quickly lost track of who did what to whom, and when they did it - especially since the writer(s) often went back and forth in time in an attempt to flesh out events.
I was also surprised by the poor editing; call me naive but I expected better from a Folio Society publication. Spaces missing between words and sentences that were incomplete or nonsensical did nothing to improve my opinion. It's not a bad read; it's just not as good as I'd hoped.… (meer)
Kniha Králové slunce popisuje v barvitých detailech životy a činy více než padesáti slavných panovníků, ale dává také fascinujícím způsobem nahlédnout do dějin královského majestátu v průběhu tří tisíciletí. Čtivý a fundovaný text doplňují četné ilustrace a přehledné datace zasazují životní milníky a úspěchy každého z vladařů do historického kontextu.
A year-by-year chronology of events, births and deaths of famous people, inventions, and social movements from pre-history to 2004. Nearly 100 pages of index offer access to the content. (It is disconcerting, though appropriate, to find "I got you, babe" just a few entries above "Iliad".)
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- Werken
- 17
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- 638
- Populariteit
- #39,510
- Waardering
- 3.5
- Besprekingen
- 5
- ISBNs
- 41
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- 5