- Paperback: 724 pages
- Publisher: Totem Books; 1st Edition edition (25 Sep 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1840466065
- ISBN-13: 978-1840466065
- Product Dimensions: 22 x 14.2 x 4.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,012,421 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Whether it is major political events like the USA's annexation of Texas (1 March) or incredible discoveries like that of Tutankhamun's tomb (26 November), every event in history happened - of course - on one of 365 days. Pore through history day-by-day with 365 and become engrossed in this lovingly constructed wealth of historical anecdotes. 365: Your Date with History is a fantastically browsable historical encyclopaedia, mapping the highs and lows of human existence day-by-day throughout the year. Each day is accompanied by historical facts and sometimes brief, often more lengthy, stories from a dizzying array of subjects. Written accessibly and with plenty of personality, 365 will be a have-around-the-house favourite for years.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
"365" is an unusual and refreshing approach to history. The authors' imaginative vehicle is to provide an event and its background from world history for each day of the calendar year. The events range from the earth shaking, such as November 11's World War I armistice, to the not so familiar, such as March 13's first appearance of Mata Hari on the Paris scene.
The daily events come from all over the world and all eras of history. The descriptions are written with lively style and obvious enthusiasm. The backgrounds for the events are thoughtful and in virtually all cases provide unexpectedly thorough information and analysis of underlying causes and players' motivations.
The book makes perfect reading for the history fan who is looking for a book that can be enjoyed even within a short time frame. The book also makes for an excellent gift to family and friends. Hats off to the authors for a fine turn and a most entertaining and useful book!
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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I've been reading "365: Your Date With History" since January 1, which, as the author's point out, is the anniversary of the day in 1660 on which Samuel Pepys began to keep his famous diary and the day in 1863 on which the Emancipation Proclamation took effect. For each day of the year, Marsh and Carrick offer up one or two short essays and a brief list of other significant events that happened on that day. Each well-written essay describes a significant event (a birth or a death, a battle or the passage of a law) and then explains what flowed from or caused the event.
I've really had fun with this book. Each morning over breakfast, I read the entries for the day and learn a little bit more about history. The subject changes constantly, so I never get bored, and I can always leap ahead to see what happened on my birthday, or my wife's birthday, or our anniversary or whatever.
Although there are several other works that are similar to "365," I think this is the best of the breed. Still, in case you want to have something similar on had when you finish with Marsh and Carrick's book, you might consider these entries. They are all more lightweight than "365," but they are still entertaining: Whitely, "On This Date . . ." (2002); Spinrad, Sprinrad, Miller & Brown, "On This Day in History" (1999); Miller & Brown, "More on This Day in History" (2002); Donaldson & Donaldson, "The Book of Days" (1979) (eccentric and quirky); and Patterson, "What Time of Day Was That: History by the Minute" (2001).
For a more encylopedic and accordingly less readable approach to the subject, try The History Channel's "Today in History: A Day by Day Review of World Events"--this book has a lot more entries than "365," but it lacks Marsh and Carrick's elegant little essays.
On the whole, I highly recommend "365" as a thoroughly enjoyable way of boning up on history. I hope the authors get around to writing a sequel before January 1, 2006, by which time I'll be finished with their first effort!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Kudos to the extremely gifted and knowledgable authors, Carrick & Marsh. The world needs more books about history that are both entertaining and pertinent. Read this book!
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