History day by day / Peter Furtado.

By:

Furtado, Peter

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780500294963 (pbk)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 900 F98 2019

Summary: From the founding of Rome to the twenty-first century's war on terror, History Day by Day presents an original perspective on over two millennia of human history through the medium of 366 quotations that offer a window in the past. Each is tied to a momentous occasion, bringing it to life with eyewitness accounts and a chronicler's flair. Here is Joan of Arc, Julius Caesar, Galileo and Gandhi, as well as revolutions and discoveries, the joyful and the grief-stricken. Furtado places events in context, resulting in an instructive and entertaining panorama of world history.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	College Library General Circulation Section	GC	GC 900 F98 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	HNU000515

Previously published in the United Kingdom under the under the title "History's daybook".

Includes index.

CAS/GEC

From the founding of Rome to the twenty-first century's war on terror, History Day by Day presents an original perspective on over two millennia of human history through the medium of 366 quotations that offer a window in the past. Each is tied to a momentous occasion, bringing it to life with eyewitness accounts and a chronicler's flair. Here is Joan of Arc, Julius Caesar, Galileo and Gandhi, as well as revolutions and discoveries, the joyful and the grief-stricken. Furtado places events in context, resulting in an instructive and entertaining panorama of world history.

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