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Jacob F. Field

A Short History of the World in 50 Animals

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Imprint: O'Mara Books

Publication date: 08/07/2021

ISBN: 9781789292954

Subject: Non-Fiction

Category: Science - History - Philosophy

Binding: Hardback

Size: 178 x 129 mm

Extent: 288 pages

Illustration: b/w illustrations throughout

Territorial Rights: World (All Languages)

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Summary:

A Short History of the World in 50 Animals provides a new perspective on the grand sweep of our planet’s making, taking readers from the time of the dinosaurs to the time of Dolly, the first cloned mammal.

This book will include a great variety of beasts from across the animal kingdom, some well known and others far more surprising, from every continent in the world. Each entry will show the creature’s influence on world development, economy, health, culture, religion and society. The size of the animals range from hulking elephants to tiny bees but each one has made a significant impact on history.

A Short History of the World in 50 Animals details the impact, legacy and role of fifty animals that determined the world’s history and shows how many of them are essential for our future survival. Featuring charming black and white illustrations throughout, which celebrate these extraordinary animals.

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A Short History of the World in 50 Places (9781789291971)
A Short History of the World in 50 Books (9781789294088)
A Short History of the World in 50 Failures (9781789296938)
A Short History of the World in 50 Lies (9781789294606)

Sales points:

  • From the largest animal ever to have lived on earth – the blue whale, to the tiny but deadly mosquito, and not forgetting Dolly the sheep – the first cloned mammal, each of the fifty animals in this book offers a unique and innovative perspective into our world’s history

  • Features charming illustrations throughout which bring the animals to life

  • Jacob F. Field is a historian and author of A Short History of the World in 50 Places (published April 2020, it has been sold in 9 languages), The History of Europe in Bite-Sized Chunks (25,000 copies sold), One Bloody Thing After Another (22,000 copies sold) and We Shall Fight Them on the Beaches (14,000 copies sold)

  • Dr Jacob F. Field is a historian and writer of a number of history books. He is available for PR.

About the Author:

Jacob F. Field

Dr Jacob F. Field is a historian and writer who was a contributor to 1001 Historic Sites and 1001 Battles. He is the author of One Bloody Thing After Another: The World's Gruesome History, and We Shall Fight on the Beaches: The Speeches That Inspired History, both published by Michael O'Mara Books. He studied for his undergraduate degree at the University of Oxford, and then moved to Newcastle University for his PhD, where he completed a thesis on the Great Fire of London. He then worked as a research associate at the University of Cambridge.

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