365: Great Stories from History for Every Day of the Year (PAPERBACK)
UK £10.99,Canada $23.00,
UK Publication August 2005
ISBN 9781840466751
Paperback
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'A fascinating pot-pourri that will appeal to lovers of historical trivia' Good Book Guide
A wonderful compendium of historical tales, organised by days of the year, spanning the highs and lows of human existence.
13 March 1905: Spy and seductress Mata Hari is born on stage in Paris
2 May 1519: Leonardo da Vinci dies in a king's arms
25 June 1279 BC: Pharaoh Ramses II begins the longest reign in Egyptian history
30 November 1900: 'Either this wallpaper goes or I do' ? Oscar Wilde's last words
Every day of the year has a story to tell. Who was assassinated, acceded to the throne, fled from their country? Who was born, began an affair, was impeached, disgraced or knighted? What nation was born, what army defeated in the face of great odds, what era-defining book published?
Read about the day Rommel, the Desert Fox, committed suicide, Napoleon's escape from island exile on Elba, the Catholic church condemning Galileo for heresy, Caesar's murder on the Ides of March, and many more.
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'Of greater weight in several senses' - The Times
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W.B. Marsh was born and has lived in New York, as well as Paris, Milan, Helsinki, Madrid, London, Tokyo, Vienna and Brussels. A Princeton graduate, he served in the US Marine Corps for two years and worked in advertising, including at Saatchi & Saatchi, for 35 years. He has also worked at the V&A museum in London. He has been collecting stories for days of the year for 23 years. On his birthday - 26 October - the legendary 'Gunfight at the OK Corral' took place at Tombstone, Arizona, in 1881.
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