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Calamities, Catastrophes and Cock Ups

by Derek Wilson

Calamities, Catastrophes and Cock Ups
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1st September 2011

Price: £5.99

Genre

Humanities / History / General & World History

Selected:  ebook / ISBN-13: 9781780720166

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They say that history is written by the winners. Not according to Derek Wilson. In this fascinating, revelatory book, Derek Wilson tells the story from the point of view of the losers – collating a catalogue of calamities and catastrophes which have shaped our world more than historians tend to let on.