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by Nicholas Ostler (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 624 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (21 Feb 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007118708
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007118700
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.2 x 4.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 203,413 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Sunday Telegraph
'Ostler is particularly good...this richly various book offers new insights and information for almost everyone interested in the past'

New Statesman
'ambitious and well-researched'

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