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Written in History by Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Oct 15, 2019 | ISBN 9780593213155 | 450 Minutes

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“Spicy, horrifying, passionate, shocking . . . and very moving. Fascinating! If you loved Ernst Gombrich’s A Little History of the World and are in the mood for another global history from a different angle, this collection of historically significant letters through the ages compiled by Simon Sebag Montefiore might well hit the spot. . . . He has distilled a few millennia of world history into 240 extremely un-boring pages.” —Ysenda Maxtone Graham, The Times (London)

“Entertaining and enlightening . . . . Some [letters] are truly revolutionary and visionary. . . . Others are very personal . . . but all are fascinating, as are the compiler’s comments on each letter, little gems . . . in their own right.” —Tony Rennell, Daily Mail (London) History Books of the Year

Written in History is a search through the millennia, the result an astonishing array: all human life is here encapsulated, in just a few paragraphs or even just a sentence; all are surprising, and mostly unfamiliar. . . . Everything here is a revelatory marvel, whether a hideous rant from the Marquis de Sade (1783), or the impassioned logic of religious tolerance from Babur to his son Hamayun (1529). Truly the spectrum of human belief and behaviour is revealed in this selection.”  —Marina Vaizey, The Arts Desk

What sets this book apart from others about great historical correspondence is the author. The esteemed historian’s selections, written in settings as far-flung as Ancient Egypt, Renaissance Italy and Stalin’s Russia, go some way to illustrate how adaptable the medium of letter writing can be, and his commentary reveals just why they are still important today.” —History Revealed

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