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Instant History: Key thinkers, theories, discoveries and concepts explained on a single page


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Instant History pulls together all the pivotal moments in modern history into one concise volume. Each page contains a discrete 'cheat sheet', which tells you the most important facts in bite-sized chunks, meaning you can become an expert in an instant. From the Boston Tea Party to the Cold War, the Grand Tour to the Great Depression, the Industrial Revolution to the Russian Revolution, every key event, character or turning point is expressed in succinct and lively text and graphics. Perfect for the knowledge hungry and time poor, this collection of graphic-led lessons makes history interesting and accessible. Everything you need to know is here.

Table of Contents:
The Renaissance in Europe The Kings and Queens of England The Wives of Henry VIII The Works of Shakespeare The Defeat of the Spanish Armada The US Constitution The Presidents of the USA The British East India Company The French Revolution The Battle of Waterloo Queen Victoria's Reign The American Civil War The Abolition of Slavery Charles Darwin and The Voyage of the Beagle The Industrial Revolution Louis Pasteur Finds a Cure The Discovery of Antarctica The Causes of the American Civil War Captain James Cook and Australia The Invention of the Light Bulb The Invention of the Car The Wright Brothers' First Flight Women's Suffrage The Sinking of the Titanic The Causes of World War I The Battle of the Somme The Russian Revolutions Mussolini and the Rise of Fascism The Hindenburg Airship Crash The Great Depression The Causes of World War II The Evacuation of Dunkirk The Attack on Pearl Harbor The D-Day Landings VE Day Celebrations Hiroshima Atomic Bomb India and Pakistan Gain Independence Mao and Communist China The Start of the Korean War Pele's World Cup Performance The Cuban Missile Crisis Martin Luther King's Speech The Vietnam War The Assassination of JFK Beatlemania The Moon Landings The Famine in Ethiopia The Explosion of Challenger Spacecraft Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Tiananmen Square Massacre The Fall of the Berlin Wall The Release of Nelson Mandela The Death of Princess Diana.

About the Author :
Sandra Lawrence is a journalist and author. She writes for the Evening Standard, Guardian, Financial Times, Times, Londonist.com and The English Garden. She is the London columnist for British Heritage magazine and is on the Q&A panel of experts for History Revealed magazine. Her travel writing is collected on madamepassepartout.com.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781787393295
  • Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
  • Publisher Imprint: Welbeck
  • Height: 236 mm
  • No of Pages: 176
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Key thinkers, theories, discoveries and concepts explained on a single page
  • Width: 182 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1787393291
  • Publisher Date: 03 Oct 2019
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 16 mm
  • Weight: 550 gr


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