A radical new account of how the idea of the West has shaped our history, told through the stories of fourteen fascinating lives. We tend to imagine Western Civilisation as a golden thread stretching from classical antiquity to the countries of the modern Western world. But what if this is wrong? Told through the lives of fourteen fascinating historical figures - including a formidable Roman matriarch, an unconventional Islamic scholar, an enslaved African American poetess and a British prime minister with Homeric aspirations – archaeologist and historian Naoíse Mac Sweeney charts how th The West - Naoíse Mac Sweeney od authora Naoíse Mac Sweeney a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Naoíse Mac Sweeney |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
448 |
Rok vydání |
2024 |
Nakladatelství |
WH Allen |