{"product_id":"9780857899279","title":"History's Daybook: A History of the World in 366 Quotations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvery day of the year carries the memory of great and terrible events...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From the founding of Rome to the twenty-first century's war on terror, \u003ci\u003eHistory's Daybook \u003c\/i\u003epresents a vivid, day-by-day perspective on 2500 years of human history through the medium of 366 quotations, each of which is tied to the anniversary of a celebrated historical event, capturing its essence with the immediacy of the eye-witness or the narrative flair of the chronicler.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003eHistory's Daybook\u003c\/i\u003e, every day becomes a window on the past: on 15 March 44 BC, blood flows in the Roman Senate as Julius Caesar falls victim to the thrusting daggers of Brutus and his co-conspirators; 1 May 1851 brings a visit to London's Great Exhibition in the company of the novelist Charlotte Bront; on 28 June 1919, in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles, brokenspirited\u003cbr\u003e German delegates sign the Treaty that brings the Great War to its fateful conclusion; on 16 August 1665, we walk the silent streets of plagueravaged London with the diarist Samuel Pepys; and on 11 September 2001 we watch in horror as the Twin Towers topple and the world changes forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eHistory's Daybook \u003c\/i\u003eembraces a wide range of voices, moods and registers, from the powerful to the impoverished, the revolutionary to the reactionary, the propagandist to the idealist and the joyful to the grief-stricken. Both engrossing anthology and informative overview of world history, \u003ci\u003eHistory's Daybook \u003c\/i\u003eoffers the reader entertainment and instruction in equal measure: it is the ideal book for the history buff.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072069910768,"sku":"9780857899279","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780857899279_p0.jpg?v=1763829925","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780857899279","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}