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From the Sunday Times bestselling author, a dazzling, globe-spanning history of humankind's greatest invention: the city.

'Brilliant...enchanting' Evening Standard 'Exhilarating' New York Times

The story of the city is the story of civilisation. From Uruk and Babylon to Baghdad and Venice, and on to London, New York, Shanghai and Lagos, Ben Wilson takes us through millennia on a thrilling global tour of the key urban centres of history.

Rich with individual characters, scenes and snapshots of daily life, Metropolis is at once the story of these extraordinary places and of the vital role they have played in making us who we are.

'Panoramic...entertaining and rich in wondrous detail' Tom Holland

'A towering achievement... Reading this book is like visiting an exhilarating city for the first time' Wall Street Journal

Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind’s Greatest Invention

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From the Sunday Times bestselling author, a dazzling, globe-spanning history of humankind's greatest invention: the city.'Brilliant...enchanting' Evening Standard 'Exhilarating' New... Read more

    Publisher: Vintage Publishing
    Publication Date: 01/07/2021
    ISBN13: 9781784707521, 978-1784707521
    ISBN10: 178470752X

    Number of Pages: 448

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

    Description

    From the Sunday Times bestselling author, a dazzling, globe-spanning history of humankind's greatest invention: the city.

    'Brilliant...enchanting' Evening Standard 'Exhilarating' New York Times

    The story of the city is the story of civilisation. From Uruk and Babylon to Baghdad and Venice, and on to London, New York, Shanghai and Lagos, Ben Wilson takes us through millennia on a thrilling global tour of the key urban centres of history.

    Rich with individual characters, scenes and snapshots of daily life, Metropolis is at once the story of these extraordinary places and of the vital role they have played in making us who we are.

    'Panoramic...entertaining and rich in wondrous detail' Tom Holland

    'A towering achievement... Reading this book is like visiting an exhilarating city for the first time' Wall Street Journal

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