A Million Years in a Day - A Curious History of Daily Life
Verlag | Orion Publishing Group |
Auflage | 2016 |
Seiten | 368 |
Format | 12,9 x 19,8 x 2,4 cm |
Gewicht | 262 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
ISBN-10 | 1780225652 |
EAN | 9781780225654 |
Bestell-Nr | 78022565UA |
A popular history of everyday life and social rituals, from the Stone Age to the phone age, brought to you by the chief nerd to the HORRIBLE HISTORIES TV series
Klappentext:
\'A wonderful idea, gloriously put into practice. Greg Jenner is as witty as he is knowledgeable\' - Tom Holland
\'You will love Greg Jenner\'s jolly account of how we have more in common with our ancestors than we might think ... all human life is here, amusingly conveyed in intriguing nuggets of gossipy historical anecdote\' - Daily Mail
Every day, from the moment our alarm clock wakes us in the morning until our head hits our pillow at night, we all take part in rituals that are millennia old. In this gloriously entertaining romp through human history - featuring new updates for the paperback edition - BBC Horrible Histories consultant Greg Jenner explores the hidden stories behind these daily routines.
This is not a story of politics, wars or great events, instead Greg Jenner has scoured Roman rubbish bins, Egyptian tombs and Victorian sewers to bring us the most intriguing, surprising and sometimes downright silly nuggets from our past.
It is a history of all those things youalways wondered - and many you have never considered. It is the story of our lives, one million years in the making.
Rezension:
Greg Jenner\'s magpie mind takes you through the history of who we are and what we do, answering tons of questions you never thought to ask Al Murray