Voices From the Past - Great quotations for every day of the year and the stories from history that inspired them (Hardcover)

366 quotations - one for every day of the (leap) year - each with a fascinating historical story In a treasure trove for history buffs, W. B. Marsh fleshes out the context behind famous quotations associated with each day of the year, sending us back and forth in history from the time of the Ancient Egyptians to the world we live in today. 'You furnish the pictures, I'll furnish the war.' (25 April 1898) Newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst urges war artist Frederick Remington to stay in Cuba while Hearst publishes lurid tales of an imaginary conflict. 'I am tasting the stars!' (4 August 1693) The monk Dom Perignon tests the result of his new techniques in the making of sparkling wine, and champagne is born. 'I did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did his dictation.' (20 March 1852) Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin, the nineteenth century's bestseller apart from the Bible. 'From the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step.' (18 October 1812) Napoleon's all-conquering Grande Armee begins its slow and ignominious retreat from Moscow.

General

Imprint:	Icon Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2020
Authors:	W.B. Marsh
Dimensions:	240 x 160 x 55mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	720
ISBN-13:	978-1-78578-663-1
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > Reference works > Dictionaries of quotations Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > History > World history > General
LSN:	1-78578-663-6
Barcode:	9781785786631

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