Places of destiny : the landmarks of world history
Dupre, Ben2008
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A selection of dramatic historical events & their locations. Describes the extraordinary stories of the events associated with each site & examines how succeeding generations have commemorated & interpreted the events.
Main title:
Places of destiny : the landmarks of world history / by Ben Dupre
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Imprint:
London Quercus 2008
Collation:
239 p. colour illustrations maps
Contents:
Introduction - Thermopylae August 480 BC - Rubicon January 49 BC - Bethlehem 4 BC - Teutoburg Forset September AD 9 - Jerusalem AD 70 - Rome 24 August AD 410 - Yarmuk 16-20 August AD 636 - Tours 25 October AD 732 - Rome Christmas Day AD 800 - Hastings 14 October 1066 - Ain Jalut 3 September 1260 - Constantinople 29 May 1453 - Bahamas 12 October 1492 - Tenochtitlan 13 August 1521 - Plymouth Hoe 29 July 1588 - Jamestown 14 May 1607 - Culloden 16 April 1746 - Botany Bay 29 April 1770 - Philadelphia 4 July 1776 - The Bastille 14 July 1789 - Waterloo 18 June 1815 - Galapagos Islands 16 September 1835 - Gettysburg 1-3 July 1863 - Sarajevo 28 June 1914 - Dublin 24 April 1916 - The Somme 1 July 1916 - Petrograd 7 November 1917 - Guernica 26 April 1937 - Pearl Harbour 7 December 1941 - Stalingrad 31 January 1943 - Auschwitz 27 January 1945 - Hiroshima 6 August 1945 - Dallas 22 November 1963 - Chernobyl 26 April 1986 - Berlin 9 November 1989 - New York 11 September 2001 - Index - Further reading - Picture credits.
ISBN:
9781847248336 (hbk)
Dewey class:
909 PLA
Local class:
909
Language:
English
BRN:
27425
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