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

ISBN-13: 9781784707521 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 448 str.

Ben Wilson

Opis

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 TimesThe story of the city is the story of civilisation.

Recenzje

Brilliant... Enchanting... This is a history of the world told through its most buccaneering units... And it is full of quirky facts about London. Arjun Neil Alim Evening Standard

O autorze

Ben Wilson is the author of six critically acclaimed books, including What Price Liberty?, for which he received the Somerset Maugham Award; the Sunday Times bestseller Empire of the Deep; and, most recently, Metropolis. He has worked in television, broadcast on the radio in several countries, and writes for publications such as The Times, Daily Telegraph and Prospect. He lives in Suffolk.