Millennium: From Religion to Revolution: How Civilization Has Changed over a Thousand Years

Mortimer, Ian

ISBN 10: 1681772434 / ISBN 13: 9781681772431

Published by Pegasus Books, 2016

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403 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Millennium: From Religion to Revolution: How Civilization Has Changed over a Thousand Years
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1681772434
• ISBN 13: 9781681772431
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

History’s greatest tour guide, Ian Mortimer, takes us on an eye-opening and expansive journey through the last millennium of human innovation.

In Millennium, bestselling historian Ian Mortimer takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of the last ten centuries of Western history. It is a journey into a past vividly brought to life and bursting with ideas, that pits one century against another in his quest to measure which century saw the greatest change.

We journey from a time when there was a fair chance of your village being burned to the ground by invaders—and dried human dung was a recommended cure for cancer—to a world in which explorers sailed into the unknown and civilizations came into conflict with each other on an epic scale. Here is a story of godly scientists, fearless adventurers, cold-hearted entrepreneurs, and strong-minded women—a story of discovery, invention, revolution, and cataclysmic shifts in perspective.

Millennium is a journey into the past like no other. Our understanding of human development will never be the same again, and the lessons we learn along the way are profound ones for us all.

About the Author

Dr. Ian Mortimer has been described by the London Times as "the most remarkable medieval historian of our time." He is the author of The Time Traveler's Guide to Restoration Britain and Outcasts of Time, both available from Pegasus Books. He was awarded the Alexander Prize by the Royal Historical Society and is a Fellow of both the Royal Historical Society and the Society of Antiquaries. Please visit his website at www.ianmortimer.com. He lives in England.