{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-world-in-47-borders-9781472298546","title":"A History of the World in 47 Borders","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e''Fascinating'' \u003cb\u003eTOM HOLLAND  \u003c\/b\u003e ''A delight from start to finish'' \u003cb\u003eMIRANDA SAWYER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A novel and fascinating perspective on world history''\u003cb\u003e BILL BRYSON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''By turns surprising, funny, bleak, ridiculous, or all four of those at once'' \u003cb\u003eGIDEON DEFOE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Elledge writes with wry humour and infectious enthusiasm'' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeople have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely arbitrary, these lines might often have looked very different if a war or treaty or the decisions of a handful of tired Europeans had gone a different way. By telling the stories of these borders, we can learn a lot about how political identities are shaped, why the world looks the way it does - and about the scale of human folly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Roman attempts to define the boundaries of civilisation, to the secret British-French agreement to carve up the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, to the reason why landlocked Bolivia still maintains a navy, this is a fascinating, witty and surprising look at the history of the world told through its borders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMore endorsements for 47 BORDERS: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Fascinating and hugely entertaining'' \u003cb\u003eMARINA HYDE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''You''ll never look at a map the same way again''\u003cb\u003e STEPHEN BUSH \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''[A] clever, confounding history'' \u003cb\u003ePATRICK MAGUIRE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A witty grand tour''\u003cb\u003e DORIAN LYNSKEY \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Warm, funny and sharply political'' \u003cb\u003ePHIL TINLINE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the press:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''[A] sprightly telling'' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Open and inviting'' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e''Wonderfully nerdy - and at times shocking'' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eByline Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003c\/i\u003eA diverting and informative read'' \u003cb\u003etheartsdesk.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019902288215,"sku":"9781472298546","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472298546.jpg?v=1750781668","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-history-of-the-world-in-47-borders-9781472298546","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}