The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness History 2000
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Pub Group West
- Publish date: 05/01/2000
In vivid detail, these pages survey the realms of social and political history (President Clinton's impeachment trial), art (Raffaello's attempt to prevent Michelangelo from completing his painting in the Sistine Chapel), war (from the sacking of Babylon by Sennacherib to Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait), exploration (the discovery of America-and tobacco), sports (the 1966 World Cup), science (Six Isaac Newton on the laws of gravity), disaster (Pliny's account of the astonishing eruption of Mount Vesuvius), and celebration (Charlotte Bronte on the wondrous opening of the Crystal Palace in 1851 and the ancient wonders of Tutankhamen's tomb unearthed by archeologists in 1923).
With its wide variety of material and events, from earthshaking catastrophes to poignant moments from everyday life, from the streets of Paris to a crater on the moon, this mammoth book offers forty-seven centuries of human drama in one singular, unforgettable volume.
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