{"product_id":"impossible-histories-9781250809674","title":"Impossible Histories","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross 1400 years and six continents (sorry, Australia), Impossible Histories examines pivotal moments in history from both sideswhat happened and what would have happened had things gone differently. The results are by turns strange, hilarious, tragicand always fascinating.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImagine a world in which...\u003cbr\u003e- Hitler builds a thousand-year Reich\u003cbr\u003e- Columbus gets driven from the Americas by mounted knights\u003cbr\u003e- Robespierre decapitates Caesar Augustus\u003cbr\u003e- The Inca Empire has an air force\u003cbr\u003e- Jimmy Carter presses the Button\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese brave new worlds are merely our own, familiar worldif something small had happened differently. We''re all one elephant away from peace in the Middle East, one knife thrust away from nuclear Armageddon. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book examines twenty pivotal moments in history, asks what if?...,and drags the answers kicking and screaming into the light. History--factual and counterfactual has never been so entertaining.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA whirlwind ride through history\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Odd Dot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407312167255,"sku":"9781250809674","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781250809674.jpg?v=1730498951","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/impossible-histories-9781250809674","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}