{"product_id":"9781474609197","title":"Written in History : Letters that Changed the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Montefiore, Simon Sebag, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 03\/10\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 304 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Weidenfeld \u0026amp; Nicolson,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Orion Publishing Co,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnthologies (non-poetry), Letters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781474609197\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eINCLUDES NEW MATERIAL\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eWRITTEN IN HISTORY celebrates the great letters of world history, creative culture and personal life.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eAcclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore selects over one hundred letters from ancient times to the twenty-first century: some are noble and inspiring, some despicable and unsettling; some are exquisite works of literature, others brutal, coarse and frankly outrageous; many are erotic, others heartbreaking.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eThe writers vary from Elizabeth I, Rameses the Great and Leonard Cohen to Emmeline Pankhurst, Mandela, Stalin, Michelangelo, Suleiman the Magnificent and unknown people in extraordinary circumstances - from love letters to calls for liberation, declarations of war to reflections on death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the colourful, accessible style of a master storyteller, Montefiore shows why these letters are essential reading: how they enlighten our past, enrich the way we live now - and illuminate tomorrow.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"otherFormats\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35023146123417,"sku":"9781474609197","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781474609197.jpg?v=1602534887","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781474609197","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}