366: A Leap Year of Great Stories From History for Everyday of the Year (PAPERBACK)
UK £9.99,Canada $20.00,
UK Publication August 2004
ISBN 9781848310056
Paperback
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Jan 16, 1920: Prohibition is born
Feb 14, 270: St Valentine's martyrdom gives birth to a romantic tradition
Jul 5, 1946: The bikini swimsuit makes its debut at a Paris fashion show
Dec 22, 1849: Dostoyevsky is led out for a pretend execution
Strange sometimes to think, even the biggest events of world history happened on a particular day - a rainy February 25th, a sweltering July 2nd, your father's birthday ... W. B. Marsh and Bruce Carrick present a leap year of historical stories in turns amazing, horrifying, touching and tearful. Spanning the history of man's life on earth and every corner of the inhabited world, they paint a picture of infinite richness and minute, enthralling detail.
Read about the first-ever tanks going into combat on the Somme, Pushkin's death in a duel, Nietzsche's dramatic breakdown in Turin, Jesse Owens humiliating the Nazis at the Olympic Games and much, much more.
The ideal book for any history junkie.
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'A fascinating pot pourri that will appeal to lovers of historical trivia.' - Good Book Guide
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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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